Originally released in 2021, ‘MIMIK’ marks the band’s latest and final installment of their 4-part Wreckage Systems project. Produced post-pandemic, the collection of EPs blends classic instrumental sounds with experimental synth, delivering the classic 65daysofstatic sound through the frequent musical syncopation. 

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In the overview of the EP, representatives of 65daysofstatic write: “‘MIMIK’ is here to fix up your existential wounds, like a bandage made of concrete. Architectural techno-solace, a scaffolding of surety and safety. A brutalist cathedral, its roof of reverb held aloft and shimmering on columns of sub bass. A powerhouse of intention and that intention is: what if dancing but in 7/8? Come in, and welcome. Let the waveforms embrace you. Shelter here from the storm, then make one of your own.” 

The Wreckage Systems project boasts previous EPs from the band, including ‘Available Data’, ‘Tomorrowd’, and ‘Under the Summs’. Brought to fans as a product of 65LABS, the research and development team behind the band’s more experimental output, Wreckage Systems began as constantly evolving musical avalanche, aiming to solve the equation of “noise x infinity”, making its live stream debut May 26 2021. Available to stream via YouTube, the recording demonstrates 65daysofstatic’s work at its most inventive,  showcasing the result of a music system that stacks “layer upon layer of noise on to and into itself.”

At the time of release, the band described the EP as “an ode to the spaces, both physical and liminal, mostly denied to us during these pandemic years.” Four years later following the announcement of release-to-streaming of ‘MIMIK’, 65daysofstatic share the continuous sentiment of spatial restriction that once inspired their music, reflecting: “It seems like a lot of those spaces never really came back, did they? And you can tell we had succumbed to cabin fever because rarely do we treat nostalgia as anything other than the enemy.”

Formed in 2001 in Sheffield, 65daysofstatic are a band at the forefront of experimentalism, blending contemporary techno sounds with their guitar-driven post-rock origins. Best known for providing the soundtrack to the 2016 video game, ‘No Man’s Sky’, the band have been achieving critical acclaim since the beginning of their career, their debut album, ‘The Fall of Math’, being described as “artillery against the argument that music isn’t exciting at the moment.” 

In its true innovative fashion, music from the Wreckage Systems project is currently only available via internet access and fans have yet to see any live performances from the band since its launch. 

See below for the full track-list of ‘MIMIK’: 

1. Mimik (Brln)

2. So Long, Linearity!

3. Synth Ascend

4. Circuit G

5. Mimik (Original) 

‘MIMIK’ is available for streaming now. 

The tour will feature five UK dates and five European dates, with the UK leg starting at St Luke’s in Glasgow on September 14th and concluding at Chalk in Brighton on the 18th, while the European leg kicks off at La Maroquinerie in Paris on September 21st and rounds off at Hole 44 in Berlin on the 25th.

The entirety of their well-received fifth album Wild Light will be performed in full during the tour, and will be followed by, as mentioned in a press release, a ‘second set of other bits and pieces‘, which may leave fans of the experimental outfit hopeful of new material.

The press release has also stated that the group, best known for combining noise rock, experimental rock and electronic rock throughout their years of existence, has also announced a new project, the so-called Wild Light Decade, that will, in the months leading up to their string of live shows, see the outfit release ‘never heard before‘ recordings that were made during a period between 2010 and 2013 and what is now known as the Wild Light Sessions.

The releasing of these previously unheard recordings will be available on the band’s patreon page on a subscription basis for five pounds a month. The patreon page can be found here.

65daysofstatic were formed in Sheffield in 2001 by instrumentalists Paul Wolinski, Joe Shrewsbury, Rob Jones and Simon Wright, and released their first album, The Fall of Math, in 2004 to widespread favourable reviews. The band’s sound with their debut LP focused on math and noise rock, and this fitting of the post-rock genre continued with two of their subsequent releases, One Time for All Time (2005) and The Destruction of Small Ideas (2007).

Watch the music video for ‘Retreat! Retreat!‘, from 65daysofstatic’s first album, The Fall of Math, below:

With the release of their fourth album, however, in 2010, the band shifted, musically, to a more electronic sound. We Were Exploding Anyway featured more dance elements, including more dance beats and electronic bass and drum tracks. Their fifth and sixth albums (Wild Light, 2013, and replicr, 2019) feature a combination of their earlier post-rock and noise rock sound with the electronica sound inspired in their fourth release.

Listen to ‘Unmake the Wild Light’ below:

The tour dates in full can be found below:

14/09/2023 – St Luke’s – Glasgow
15/09 – New Century Hall – Manchester
16/09 – Electric Brixton – London
17/09 – Trinity – Bristol
18/09 – Chalk – Brighton
21/09 – La Maroquinerie – Paris
22/09 – Trix – Antwerp
23/09 – Paradiso – Amsterdam
24/09 – Knust – Hamburg
25/09 – Hole 44 – Berlin

You can purchase tickets for the live shows here.

Wild Light received critical acclaim, scoring 82 on Metacritic, with NME stating “next time someone tells you guitar music has run out of new ideas, simply point them in the direction of Wild Light”.

The band hail from Sheffield, and formed in 2001. Since then they have released nine studio albums, and in 2017 they created the accompanying soundtrack for the game No Man’s Sky.

In 2021, the band began an innovative project entitled Wreckage Systems which is a live-streamed broadcast that employs software written by the band to generate endless new material. The project uses samples of music made by the band during lockdown, but turns them into live audio, ensuring that all new generated audio is unique. The band have stated on their website that Wreckage Systems is “fast, rough, and responsive to the world in which it’s getting made”. The project was on hiatus but appears to be back up and running, and you can stream it 24/7 here.

Aside from this ongoing (infinite) project, the band plan to continue releasing ‘regular’ records. Band member Paul Wolinski (known as Polinski on solo projects) also has an upcoming album, Telex From MIDI City, coming out on the 24^th February. The lead single, ‘Distant Friend, I Love You!’ is available to stream now on all platforms, plus an accompanying music video.

Tickets for the upcoming tour are available here!

UK Tour Dates:

 14/09/23 – St. Luke’s – Glasgow

15/09 – New Century Hall – Manchester

16/09 – Electric Brixton – London

17/09 – Trinity – Bristol

18/09 – CHALK – Brighton

Right. 65daysofstatic live shows happening THIS WEEK.

► 11th London / Islington Assembly Hall
► 12th Manchester / Gorilla
► 13th Edinburgh / Summer Hall

COVID SAFETY PRECAUTIONS VARY BY VENUE. Details in image and here: https://t.co/MhcH1mDGC7 pic.twitter.com/eR23003xSm

— 65daysofstatic (@65dos) November 9, 2021

65daysofstatic will be playing in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, and have shared details of each venue’s COVID restrictions via a statement sent to those subscribed to their mailing list. Two of the three venues have no notable COVID rules however, the band has stated that they would “very much encourage mask wearing and doing a negative test check.”

The group has also made very clear in their statement that anyone experiencing symptoms should not attend. Additionally, one of the three shows is sold out however, the band are encouraging anyone who wishes to attend to search for tickets online via mytickets.co.uk and seetickets.com. They have also said that they are “trying to retweet anybody who is selling tickets”.

65daysofstatic have also revealed via their newsletter that they will be premiering new merchandise at the shows, including a new hoodie and a reprinted design that has returned due to popular demand. The band have also stated that the merch will be available for fans to purchase via their Bandcamp once the run of shows has ended.

Earlier this year, 65daysofstatic launched their ongoing project entitled Wrecking Systems, which the group describes as being a “live broadcast of new, endless 65daysofstatic music”. The Livestream itself is available to anyone on the band’s YouTube channel, however, they also have a Patreon that they encourage fans to support so the Livestream can continue. Presently, four E.Ps have been born from the Wreckage Systems project, and are available on Bandcamp. Supporters who have subscribed to the band’s Patreon page will receive free downloads of new music from Wreckage Systems, with the band stating that fans should expect “approximately 1 (release) a month”.

Further perks for subscribers include “a regular patron-exclusive Wreckage Systems Research Notes/Development blog” and “A Patron-exclusive Discord channel full of rogue 65 bots, other excellent 65kids and the occasional actual human member of the band 65daysofstatic.” Check out this link to read more about the group’s other Patreon reward tiers.

65daysofstatic’s upcoming shows are listed down below, and to re-iterate, tickets can be purchased here and here.

11/11/2021- Islington Assembly Hall- London
21/11- Gorilla- Manchester
13/11- Summer Hall- Edinburgh

The press release has provided the following description for the new release. “Mimik is a sprawling transmission of static and beats and guitars. An ode to the spaces we used to be able to inhabit without quite so much existential dread… or perhaps it’s a broadcast from a messier but better future? Can both be true?.” Fans who are already subscribers will automatically receive a download for “Mink”, there is still time to subscribe to receive the download as a subscriber. As well as the new EP subscribers also get access to bonus features, the new release is also available from the band’s Bandcamp.

The group’s new release is the most recent offering from their Wreckage Systems series, the band’s new project is a powerhouse of creativity and information. The series aims to document and share the research which has accumulated from the band’s music and process. The project which was birthed in March is assessable through the Patreon powered backchannel. Version one of the series’ stream has been left online for all to enjoy, click here to access the stream. A second live stream has now been made available to watch which documents the development of Version Two of the project. For more information concerning the series’ updates and exclusive behind the scenes content head over to www.wreckage.systems.

The Wreckage Systems Release Archive can be found on Bandcamp, subscribers can access them for free directly via Patreon and the download codes for Bandcamp. Also included within the series are musical process guides entitled The Wreckage Systems Technical Overview series described by the press release as. “An epic, sprawling, multi-part deconstruction of the infrastructure and various moving parts of how we make the Wreckage Systems stream. With diagrams”. Other resources such as the Annotated Max Patches are also assessable by fans, the tools are a vital download for electronic artists or music fans curious to learn about the group’s process and genre of music. Other individualistic resources intended for educational purposes include mini-essays written about the band’s musical process and the birth of the Wreckage Systems series. One particular essay entitled “A Manifesto for Guerrilla Rewilding” reads like an extended metaphor based on a quote from legendary producer Brian Eno, Eno describes writing generative music as planting imaginative seeds. Generative music is a term that was popularized by the producer and it is used to describe music that is created via a system that is always different and forever changing.

The series remains free but an option to donate is available starting at £5 a month. The press release has given the following brief regarding the group’s ongoing project. “So as you can see, with the Wreckage Systems project, the emphasis is on documenting and sharing ongoing research, development, and reflections on what you could call the ‘non-traditional’ or ‘experimental’ or ‘uh….what?’ side of how 65daysofstatic stubbornly continues to explore the hinterlands of what bands can be.”

UK fans will be able to see the band’s new material live very soon, after much uncertainty 65daysofstatic will be returning to London to perform three live shows. Full details can be found below, fans will see that the London and Manchester shows have changed venues. Unfortunately for Russian fans, the October shows have been postponed again but luckily May 2022 dates have been announced.

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Click here to watch the Wreckage Systems Streams via YouTube and here to watch via the site.

65daysofstatic UK tour dates

11/11/2021 – Islington Assembly Hall – London
12/11 – Gorilla – Manchester
13/11 – Summer Hall – Edinburgh

In a statement through their official website, the band said, “May next year we’re gonna do a limited run of very special dates, including our biggest ever London headline show and finally a return to Manchester.”

They reminisced about their 2014 performance in Manchester. “The last time we played there was back in 2014 in the cathedral when our sub bass made it rain centuries-old cobwebs all over the audience. Happy days…”

“We’ll be playing new songs and old, especially some songs that haven’t had a live airing in a while. There’ll be some different versions of regular live favourites too, cos if you think we’re about to lapse into tepid greatest hits sets then you’re thinking of some other, more sensible band.”

“Bring your dancing shoes, it’s gonna be killer.”

Tickets went on sale this morning at 10am, and can be found here. Their scheduled dates are listed below:

14/5/20 – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London.
15/5 –  Academy 2, Manchester.
16/5 – Summer Hall, Edinburgh.

The experimental band from Sheffield, have released seven studio albums. Their latest, ‘Replicr, 2019‘ was released on September. The album can be found through Apple Music and Spotify.

Discussing the creative themes behind ‘Replicr, 2019′, 65daysofstatic drummer Rob Jones said. “History is moving but it’s got nowhere to go. It’s piling up all around us. That’s what this record is about.”

Reviewed by Loudersound, the album was described as “undoubtedly uneasy listening, but who said that the transition from sci-fi dystopia to the real thing was going to be a smooth ride anyway?”

This updated, deluxe version of The Fall Of Math will feature the original album in full along with the band’s Hole EP, first released in May 2005, and the B-sides from the ‘Retreat! Retreat!’ single – ‘Aod’ and ‘The Major Cities Of The World Are Being Destroyed One By One By The Monsters’ – as well as the single’s video. For the first time, the album will be available in vinyl, although pressings are limited to just 1000, with each of these also containing a full digital download along with a CD copy of the album.

With regards to the tour, dates have been announced in some of Europe’s major cities; London, Paris, Berlin, Brussels and Utrecht will play host to this debut showcasing of the album in full. Though the album has been claimed by the band to have been written “entirely by mistake” it has achieved a significant cult following and the tour dates announced will surely be filled to the brim by dedicated fans eager to be among the first to hear the whole album performed live.

The Fall Of Math (Deluxe 10th Anniversary edition) will be released via Monotreme Records on 25th Mach 2014 and is available for pre-order here; http://monotremerecords.limitedrun.com/products/523818

Below are the 65daysofstatic European Tour Dates;

27th March – London, UK @ Koko (Sold Out)

15th April – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie

16th April – Berlin, DE @ C-Club

17th April – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique

18th April – Utrecht, NL @ Tivoli