BlakLight share Fictional remix of ‘The Haunting of Us’
Los Angeles synthpop trio BlakLight release “The Haunting of Us – Fictional Remix” on July 3, 2026, a half-time rework by German act Fictional.
BlakLight
BlakLight, the Los Angeles dark synthpop trio, release “The Haunting of Us – Fictional Remix” on July 3, 2026 across digital platforms. The remix reworks the title track of the band’s album “The Haunting of Us” and is produced by Fictional, the German synthpop and EBM project of Gerrit Thomas.
“The Haunting of Us – Fictional Remix” slows the original to half-time, a treatment the band describe as deepening the song’s melancholy. BlakLight are Adam Collier, Brian Belknap and Omar Quiñones, and have stayed self-released throughout their run.
BlakLight’s ‘The Haunting of Us’ and the Fictional remix
The original “The Haunting of Us” is the title track of the album of the same name, self-released on December 5, 2025. Fictional, the project of German producer Gerrit Thomas (Eisfabrik, Funker Vogt), reworks it as a slower, synth-led version.
The remix precedes “The Haunting of Us – Maxi Single”, due later in the summer with further remixes by S Y Z Y G Y X, Frontal Boundary, Vain Machine and M/A/T, an Axe Mix, and a new track, “Lotus”. The band also has summer live dates in Mexico alongside fellow Los Angeles synthpop act Carved Souls, including a Mexico City show on July 25, 2026.
About BlakLight
BlakLight formed around 2020 in Los Angeles, founded by Adam Collier (also of Beautiful Crisis and SilverScene) and Brian Belknap (Mind Machine) as a dark synthpop project. Their debut album appeared in 2020, and Omar Quiñones, of EBM act Vain Machine, later joined as a full member. The trio have remained independent, a stance Brian Belknap set out in a 2026 Side-Line interview: “It’s a fairly conscious decision to remain DIY as BlakLight.”
The band self-released the album “The Haunting of Us” on December 5, 2025. Its title track now returns in a Fictional remix on July 3, 2026, ahead of a maxi-single that gathers further reworks and a new song.
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