Shimmer

Shimmer

We’re starting things off slowly—with the song "Shimmer", the first single off of Signals (Volume 1). It will be released today --this Friday June 13th. "Shimmer" appeared on the album Some Kind of Strange. Although not one of the more popular songs on the album, this track remains as one of Statik’s favorites from the album.

Statik:

“There’s just something about the feel of this track I’ve always loved. Like a lot of our music, it doesn’t fit neatly into any one category. I’ve always loved how the vocals and instruments blend and play off each other—especially in the chorus.

kaRIN’s vocals are ethereal, intimate, and hauntingly melodic. She delivers the lyrics with a kind of breathy sensuality—delicate but emotionally charged. There’s a softness and vulnerability in her tone, but it’s layered with strength and control—like she’s whispering secrets from another world. Her phrasing glides over the textures of the song, creating a hypnotic, dreamlike atmosphere that perfectly complements the shimmering, moody instrumentation.

It’s the kind of vocal performance that doesn’t demand attention—it lures you in.

For the new Signals Mix, I wanted to let each instrument have its space—to stand out where it should and step back when needed. I wanted everything to breathe. We can’t wait for you to hear it.”

xx

Collide Humans

Signals

Signals

Over the next few months we’re going to be releasing a series of singles—one by one. Some of you may know these songs. Some of you may not. We’ve been thinking a lot about our music, and the songs we love that may not have reached the people who’d love them most. So over the next few months, we’re putting them out there again, one by one."

Like many independent artists, we’ve found it increasingly difficult to get our music heard. The music industry loves to tell artists how they should be doing things. What genre we should fit into. What trends we should follow. What we should be or do to make it past the algorithm gatekeepers. We’ve been told we aren’t electronic enough, we’re too electronic, we’re not dark enough, we’re not pop enough, and everything in between. The truth is, we’ve never made music to fit a mold—we make music because it’s what we love to do, but if you don’t fit neatly into a single box—you get buried. We’ve tried playlist placements, promotional services, and directly contacting literally 100's of music blogs and playlists—yet breaking through remains a challenge.

We know a lot of people out there would love our music if they just had the chance to hear it. Maybe they lost track of us, and just moved on. Maybe they never even knew we existed. That’s why we’re doing this.

We are putting out 2 releases: Signals (Volume 1), and Signals (Volume 2). (At the moment, these are just going to be digital releases, with no physical pressings). Volume 1 will feature songs from our first 7 albums, while Volume 2 will feature songs from albums 6-12. Sure, we could have just made a playlist, and hoped that everyone would find it, or pay attention to it, if it was on the right platform, etc. That was a lot of “ifs”. Instead, we've gone in the studio to make these songs the best they could be—with new mixes, a little edit here, a few programming tweaks there, and new mastering. These aren’t just re-releases; they’re the best versions of these songs.

Now, we need your help. Word of mouth is everything. Forget algorithms. Music is not meant to be served up by some formula. If our music has ever meant something to you, help us spread the word. Add a song to a playlist. Share it with a friend. Tell YOUR people. Talk about it. That’s how music lives. That’s how it finds the people who need to hear it. If you’ve been with us since the beginning—or even if you just discovered us—we’d love for you to help spread the word.

We can’t wait for you to hear these songs again—or for the first time. We can’t wait for you to hear what’s coming. We’re just getting started.

xx

Statik & kaRIN

Collide

Beauty in Chaos Collide remix

Beauty in Chaos Collide remix

Out today is another great album of remixes from Beauty in Chaos, called Signs in the Heavens, Reality Upside Down. Statik did a remix of the song “The Devil You Know”, (featuring Kat Leon), which is song #2 on the 2CD set.

This is Statik’s 5th remix for the band. Previous remixes include “Grasp the Stars”, “20th Century Boy” (Featuring Al Jourgensen), “Heliotrope” (Featuring Betsy Martin), and “Stranger” (Featuring Kat Leon)

Regen Magazine reviews The Darkness Forever

Regen Magazine reviews The Darkness Forever

Thanks to Regen Magazine, Ilker Yücel, and Linda R. Bess (Not2bmesdw) for reviewing The Darkness Forever

Anyone who hears Collide can’t help but be drawn in. kaRIN’s sultry alternative pop vocals contrast with Statik’s melodic, scratchy noise, further bending the genre delineation that streaming services require artists to select when distributing their music. The Darkness Forever doesn’t have to rely upon kaRIN to carry the weight of being a sassy sort of Siouxsie Sioux meets Gwen Stafani songstress; with the release of instrumental versions of these cover tunes on a separate album, Statik’s industrially bent guitars, arpeggiated chords, and stomping beats saunter and slither from track to track, never ceasing to scratch an itch that many listeners probably didn’t realize they had. Echoing daylight piano melodies defy the distant apparition of a reverberating pulse when cranked to full volume. Dare I say, these instrumentals would fare well in the dark, alternative karaoke bar of your living room.

The mood of the album opens with an orchestral, trancelike march to Portishead’s “Wandering Star,” before an unapologetic version of “Heart-Shaped Box” drones on pretty compositionally true to Nirvana’s original. The unique choice of slouchy-sounding tom toms stood out in “Criminal,” maybe sounding too close to the sound of a worn out djembe drum. The stupefaction award of cover song choices on this album would go to “Rocketman.” Many artists have covered the beloved Elton John song over the years – even PNAU’s mashup version “Cold Heart” made a poppy splash in 2021. This writer won’t speak for anyone else, but any version of that song conjures a forlorn sense of permanent grief every time I hear it.

As the duo had done with 2009’s These Eyes Before, Collide manages to create a fuller experience of the originals from one recognizable track to the next. Whether any of the tunes on The Darkness Forever hit a personal note for either kaRIN or Statik, I confess that I find these cover versions refreshing in a gargle-with-nails kind of way, especially as both Muse and Peter Gabriel are two of my favorite artists.

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