string theories
New music defining Pacific Northwest-Noir
String Theories is the first collaboration from Systim with vocalists Vashyn and JosephK — a rain-slick, PNW-noir suite where intimate voices meet granular beatcraft.
Sparked by friendships forged during the COVID shutdowns and sharpened with new AI-driven tools, these songs were crafted with an incredible amount of iteration exploration, building late-night textures, confessional hooks, and haunting duets.
Building on the keystone track, "String Theories," the entire String Theories album documents three artists finding one shared voice — and letting it resonate like halogen on gleaming wet brick reflecting like jewels and glass.
Featured tracks from string theories
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featuring
Tim Aidlin
executive Producer and artist
Systim is a Seattle producer, fine artist, and designer making experimental, rain-slicked alt-pop since 2000. A founding member of Brooklynhaus (the archetype collective behind today’s SystimAI ethos), he has been recently collaborating with Vashyn and JosephK since early 2025. Influences: DJ Shadow, U.N.K.L.E., Chemical Brothers. Past: DJ residency at Marcus’ Martini Heaven (2001–2002, with DJ Johnny Mayday). Current focus: remixing his early catalog into The Brooklynhaus Era — breakbeats, chemical fuzz, poetic/ethereal vocals, and apocalyptic grit.
Vashyn
Vocalist, keyboards
Vashyn is an emotive alt-pop vocalist and writer whose pink-violet dream tones and jungle/breakbeat edges define SystimAI’s newest work. Active with Systim since early 2025, she threads confessional hooks and Seattle-noir surrealism through songs like “A New Kind of Feeling.” Influences: Halsey, Portishead, Billie Eilish; poetic roots in Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Wordsworth; technical inspiration from Eminem, Harry Mack, Wu-Tang, and Biggie.
Josephk
vocalist, turntables
JosephK is a Seattle vocalist joining SystimAI in early 2025 at Vashyn’s enthusiastic invitation. A longtime friend and bandmate from the West Seattle trio Saturnine, he brings warm leads, layered harmonies, and a crate-head’s sense of rhythm. Influences span The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie, The Shins, Radiohead and others — balancing cinematic restraint with underground bite.
