WINTER WOLFSON Rebuilds SKOLD’s ‘Void’ 30 Years After Its Original Release

Nineteen-year-old industrial-rock artist WINTER WOLFSON is reaching back three decades for his latest release, rebuilding Tim Skold’s “Void” from the ground up for a new recording arriving Oct. 30.

The timing coincides with the 30th anniversary of Skold’s 1996 self-titled debut album, where “Void” originally appeared. Rather than radically rearranging the song, Wolfson recreated its instrumentation and atmosphere by ear, recording the guitars, bass and vocals himself while developing a new production around his performances.

“I didn’t want to change the song just to prove that I had changed it,” Wolfson said. “I genuinely love what Tim created. I wanted to keep the song itself intact and see how far I could take the recording quality if I rebuilt everything myself.”

The approach makes Wolfson’s version more reconstruction than reinvention. Its structure and overall character remain close to Skold’s original, although Wolfson introduces a brief shoegaze passage near the end before returning to the track’s established direction.

The project also received an early endorsement from Skold himself. Wolfson previously posted an acoustic performance of “Void” to Instagram, where Skold reposted and liked the performance and commented, “I love it.”

Skold’s career has made him an influential figure across industrial and alternative music, including his work with MARILYN MANSON and KMFDM as a musician, songwriter and producer. For Wolfson, however, recreating “Void” became as much an exercise in learning production as paying tribute to one of his influences.

“I was trying to recreate the song by ear, sound by sound,” Wolfson said. “I was doing everything myself and trying to get as close as possible to what I was hearing.”

The process ultimately changed his perception of what he could accomplish independently.

“When I finally heard the finished version and realized how close I could get to a professional studio recording on my own, it made me understand what I’m capable of,” Wolfson said. “Tim’s work has had a huge influence on me as a producer, and this project gave me a much bigger vision of where I can take my own music.”

That generational divide is central to the release. Wolfson was born well after the original “Void” appeared, but he has increasingly drawn from the sound and visual language of 1990s industrial and alternative music. Rather than attempting to reproduce the era wholesale, he is incorporating its electronics, distorted guitars, dark imagery and physicality into music made from the perspective of a contemporary artist.

WINTER WOLFSON describes his broader sound as industrial rock built from electronics, heavy guitars and distorted vocals, with influences extending into alternative and pop music.

His version of “Void” will be released Oct. 30.