Josh Andres, formally known by his stage name STATIK LNK, is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, and songwriter.

Josh lists his primary influences as the music of Dr. Dre, Alchemist (musician), Robert Glasper, John Coltrane, J Dilla, Madlib, Miles Davis, and BadBadNotGood.

At the age of 5, Josh's dad, Tim, enrolled him in guitar lessons at Musician's Alley music store.

It is during his studying of the Trumpet, while at Sandusky City Schools, that he would learn Jazz Music.

During his studies, he was introduced to recording software, Pro Tools, which allowed him to arrange and compose music.

While in Toledo, he met and began to produce records for Big J Tha White Wonder.

While working with Big J, he placed his first major release with notable artists Emilio Rojas, and D-Black.

Following their meeting, Josh developed a business partnership with Ming (DJ), which involved shopping musical works to commercial television companies.

In an interview with Urban Hit Promotions, Magazine Josh is quoted "I thought Electronic Music was only Techno and House, which I respected, but was never a big fan of."

In 2012 during a tour stop in Chicago promoting "STATIK LNK The EP," Josh was introduced to trap music.

While working on STATIK LNK's debut Trap EP, Josh released tracks that experienced major success.

Josh continued to work on STATIK LNK's debut Trap EP while touring the US.

Upon completion of the EP, Josh submitted the work to Hood Famous Music, MING's label imprint.

During this time, MING had been experiencing major success with his debut release on DIM MAK, King Kong The EP.

Impressed by one of the productions on the album Josh had submitted, MING partnered with STATIK LNK to produce the anthem "Block Party" ft Moxiie.

Following the success of "Block Party", STATIK LNK released their 1st major label remix of Australian recording artist Bonny Anderson for Sony Music in 2014 [8].

The remix was featured on Australian artist Bonnie Anderson (singer)'s EP "Blackout."

In August 2014, STATIK LNK signed with Bass Music label "Dirty Duck Audio."

Dirty Duck Audio, known for its work with UK Trap artist Gold Top, released STATIK LNK's 3 track EP on September 8, 2014, via Beatport exclusive.

The EP contains 3 new original works titled "Clap When She Walkin," "Get Down (Dat Azz)," and "Xposed Ft Big J Tha White Wonder."

The EP featured Big J Tha White Wonder who also frequents STATIK LNK's original productions.

On January 12, 2015, STATIK LNK and Dirty Duck Audio partnered to release the "100HRTZ (The Remixes)" EP on Beatport (11).

The EP was critically acclaimed and received support from EDM.com, Trapsounds, YourEDM, and many other prominent EDM sites and blogs.

After a 5-year career in dance music, STATIK LNK announced Dan Dwyer was leaving the group.

In the same announcement, Josh explained that he was returning to live instrumentation and changing the direction of the music to focus more on funk, soul, and jazz sounds.

Josh's current career focuses on the release of compositions, arrangements, library, and sample music.

The project, known for its unique sound, blending the genres of Soul, Funk, and Jazz, was well received.

The project was featured on the website Tracklib,[1] marking Josh's introduction to the sample creation industry.

The label releases music that is created using live instrumentation within the Hip-Hop, Soul, and Jazz genres.

MING, Statik Link, Moxiie – Block Party (Original Mix) .