Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist. Former Guitarist from Candlelight Red and Black Star Sunrise.

Statik Silence creates a memorable sound that entices audiences' senses, priming them for hard hitting, high frequency rock. Hailing from Butler, NJ, this band is creating buzz around the New York and New Jersey area with more than just white noise. Formed in early 2013, Statik Silence set to work creating music resonating with new life. For the seasoned veterans of the North Jersey rock scene, Statik Silence's latest project gave them a renewed vigor that comes through with every show they play.
With most of its members playing together since 2006, Statik Silence was formed with one goal- Pour themselves into their music. Under the previous name of Life Without Warning, Statik Silence has played with many national acts including: Stone Sour, Pop Evil, Fuel, Papa Roach, Halestorm, 10 Years, and Monster Magnet, just to name a few. To begin their new journey, under the direction of Sevendust guitarist, Clint Lowery, the band headed to the prestigious Architekt Studios to record their new EP due later this year.
Stay tuned, as more is to come from Statik Silence, a unique New Jersey band that no one will want to miss.

Steve Kolakowsky is a freelance engineer and producer based out of northern New Jersey. Music has been his passion for his entire life. He is an avid drummer and percussionist, and has played with several local bands and orchestras. In 2000, Steve made his first foray behind the glass and was immediately hooked into the world of production, going on to record with various local bands. In 2003, he decided to pursue his ambitions and was accepted at Berklee College of Music in Boston. He graduated from Berklee in 2007 with a Bachelor of Music in Production and Engineering. He honed his abilities with studies in both analog and digital recording, mixing, mastering, acoustics, MIDI and post production. He has crafted his art through assisting and studying with such consummate engineers and producers as Ron St. Germain, George Massenburg, Jeff Lagent, Mark Wessel, Price Charles Alexander, Jason Corsaro, Mary Campbell, Stephen Webber, Eric Reuter, Jonathan Wyner, Kostadin Kamcev, David Kowalski and Carlisle Young.  

He has had the pleasure to work with such varied and accomplished artists as Living Colour, DMC, Wiz Khalifa, Pop Evil, Will Calhoun, Jadakiss, Estelle, Bob Babbitt, Scarface, Alex Marshall, Bill Warfield, Chance Taken, Chris Bowen, Cosmic Debris, Dave Cavalier, Detonator, Dive, Don Kincaid, Doug Wimbish, Enemy of Everyone, The Glickman Bassoon Ensemble, Greensky Bluegrass, Hazard Adams, Infamous Plague, Jay Watts, Mike Shiavo, Off The Record, Reese Chubbs, Sendero, Sick Mind, Six Years After, Skylar May, Soulbite, The Space Puppets, Sun 5, Will Ferguson, With Snack, and The Vetts; composers Chris Opperman, Donaldo Garcia and Zac Armgard; institutions such as The New York Philharmonic, Berklee College of Music’s Performance Division, the Ringwood Friends of Music, and the South Shore Conservatory; producers and production companies including Adrian “Dr. A-Hawk” Melendez, Caté, Carlos McKinney, Grand & Warren, Jim Bonnefond, Junior Sanchez, Lofey, Marcos Carnaval, Myles William, Pierre Marceau, Rich Fabrizio, Rick Iantosca, Sharif "Reefa" Slater, Tony Solis, ATM, Chino Music Group, DUMP Records, En Victoria Records, EP Entertainment, M2P Records and Urban Legendz, commercial work for Adidas and Icebreakers, and has even worked in post production as a sound fx editor for Miramax’s “Gone, Baby, Gone”

He is an AES fellow, a BMI songwriter and Voting Member of the Recording Academy.


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