New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Ever since teasers appeared in August, LINKIN PARK and
STEVE AOKI fans have been tearing apart the internet in search of the studio version of "A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES," their first song together. Today, from their official websites, www.linkinpark.com and steveaoki.com , both artists have finally told fans how to find it: by playing the new, free 3D Facebook game, "LP RECHARGE" which launches today at https://bit.ly/playlprecharge .
The song was originally unveiled as a surprise during Aoki's performance at the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo last month, where Aoki was joined onstage by Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda. The shaky, distorted cell phone recordings from the concert were the only records of the song until now. Today, fans will work to unveil the studio recording of the song, which, once unlocked via the game, will be serviced to radio and will stream on demand exclusively on Xbox Music.
The game, a product of the imaginations of
Linkin Park and gaming giant kuuluu
Interactive Entertainment AG, is a free-to-play action/strategy game featuring band-designed characters and missions. Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda, an art school graduate with a BFA in Illustration, helped design the game.
"I think this song and release show where we're at right now," said Shinoda. "Making the song with Steve, premiering it through the Recharge Facebook game, and debuting it via Microsoft's Xbox
Music -- I think it's all indicative of our band's commitment to experimentation and pushing boundaries."
Once the single is unleashed, the audio will stream on demand exclusively for 14 days on Xbox Music, Microsoft's all-in-one music service. Following the Xbox
Music launch of free streaming on all Web browsers, the new
Linkin Park single, "A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES", will also be made available on all of its other platforms in varying capacities, including Xbox 360, iOS, and Android. With a branded destination on Xbox 360 and online at Music.Xbox.com, fans can listen and see behind-the-scenes footage of how the collaboration came together. This association, a product of a long history of collaboration and innovation between Link Park and Xbox, marks the beginning of a new multi-faceted relationship between
Linkin Park and Microsoft, which will combine the band's interest in music, art and technology with Microsoft's unparalleled innovation in the digital entertainment space.
"Xbox
Music is really about uniting artists with their fans by bringing all the music you love to the devices you already have," said Jerry Johnson, General Manager of Xbox Music. "We're excited about this relationship with
Linkin Park as it helps us expand our vision with one of the most popular bands in the world, and one that continually strives to innovate in the tech-meets-music space."
A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES will be on the upcoming
Linkin Park album, RECHARGED, which features new interpretations of songs from LIVING THINGS, the band's most recent album that debuted at No. 1 in over 20 countries. RECHARGED will be released on Oct. 29 on Machine Shop Recordings / Warner Bros (full track listing and remixer reveal forthcoming). A limited-edition version of the album will feature an interactive 3D sculpture based on LIVING THINGS album artwork. The sculpture was derived from a digital manipulation of a lion's head, housed in a glass globe surrounded by a magnetic liquid called ferofluid this one-of-a-kind piece allows fans to interact with the solution via a magnetic stylus to create unique patterns and designs. Included with the sculpture is a 48-page art book, 2 CD folio pack including LIVING THINGS and RECHARGED, and the aforementioned magnetic stylus. All contents are contained in a custom hinged, clam shell- styled, display box. Each box set will be numbered and LIMITED TO ONLY 500 globally. Pre-orders will begin on Monday
September 16 th at www.linkinpark.com while pre-orders of the digital RECHARGE album will begin on iTunes once the new single is unlocked.
LINKIN PARK is a Grammy-Award-winning, multi-platinum alternative rock band comprised of co-lead vocalist, Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist, Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave 'Phoenix' Farrell, DJ, programmer Joe Hahn and
Mike Shinoda -- co-lead vocals, keyboards, guitar. The band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide, and is the biggest band on Facebook -- with over 55 million fans and counting. In the span of time since 2000, when
Linkin Park debuted on the Billboard 200 -- no other artist has had more top 10 singles on the Alternative chart and, with the release of their latest album, LIVING THINGS (Machine Shop Recordings /Warner Bros), which reached #1 in over 20 countries, no other band has achieved more #1 albums this century.
In 2005,
Linkin Park founded
Music For Relief, a 501 (3) non-profit organization that has raised over 5 million dollars for victims of natural disasters and environmental projects. www.linkinpark.com
STEVE AOKI is a Grammy-nominated international producer/DJ, electronic dance music entrepreneur, and founder of the trendsetting label, events/lifestyle company, and apparel line Dim Mak . Since launching in 1996 , Dim Mak has broken bands such as
Bloc Party , The Bloody Beetroots ,
Klaxons and The
Gossip through deftly marketed single and full-length releases and now has nearly 500 releases to date. As a solo artist, AOKI has become a force of nature averaging over 250 tour dates per year . In 2012, AOKI took his incredible career to the next level with his popular full-length release
Wonderland (Ultra
Music / Dim Mak), followed by
Wonderland Remixed , and his live concert DVD Deadmeat: Live at Roseland Ballroom , along with various singles, remixes and EPs, all of which brought a lifetime's worth of passion for other bands, DJs, and artists of all stripes. AOKI also headlined the Deadmeat North American Tour in 2012 , which boasted over 50 tour dates resulting in his being named Pollstar's highest grossing dance act for the first half of the year and landing him a cover feature. Currently , AOKI is working on his follow-up album, Neon
Future , scheduled for release in 2014 via Ultra
Music / Dim Mak , and is kicking off his Aokify
America North American Tour this fall featuring Borgore , Waka Flocka
Flame , and special guest
Pharrell Williams (on select dates). His most recent release include "Boneless," which hit #1 on Beatport , the upcoming
Linkin Park collaboration "A LIGHT THAT NEVER COMES" (Machine Shop Recordings / Warner Bros); and several upcoming projects for Dim Mak and Ultra
Music . www.steveaoki.com
