"Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds" (also known as "Darker Than the Light That Never Bleeds (Chester Forever Steve Aoki Remix)") is a mashup remix song by American

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musician

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

. Remixing and mashing up the songs "

A Light That Never Comes "A Light That Never Comes" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Linkin Park, and is their first collaboration with American DJ and record producer Steve Aoki. It was included on the band's second remix album, '' Recharged''. It i ...

" and "

Darker Than Blood "Darker Than Blood" (working title: "Horizons") is a song written and recorded by American musician Steve Aoki, featuring the vocals of American rock band Linkin Park. It is the second collaboration between them, after ''A Light That Never Comes ...

", both of which were collaboratively written and recorded by

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and Aoki, it is a tribute by Aoki to Linkin Park's late lead singer Chester Bennington following his death. It was released as a single on September 8, 2017.

Background

The song was mashed up and remixed by

Steve Aoki Steven Hiroyuki Aoki (, ; born November 30, 1977), best known as Steve Aoki, is an American DJ, record producer, music programmer, and record executive.

. It is a mashup of Aoki and

's previous two collaborations, "

", which was released in 2013 from Linkin Park's second remix album '' Recharged'', and "

" from Aoki's third studio album ''

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''. The song was released as a tribute from the DJ to Chester Bennington after the former's death nearly a month before the release. Aoki tweeted that all the proceedings from the single would be donated in Chester's name to

Music for Relief Music for Relief is a 501(c)(3) charitable trust founded by the rock band Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Throughout its first twelve years, the organization responded to over 30 natural disasters across four continen ...

's One More Light fund, which was open for suicide prevention and named after the band's latest

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