Sounds of Sputnik explore new vistas with their EP 'New Born Remixed' - New Born Remixed Album Reviewed by SongBlog

Last year, Moscow shoegaze band Sounds of Sputnik re-released their debut LP New Born feat. Ummagma through hallmark U.S. shoegaze label Moon Sounds Records. Showcasing a palette of clever guitar lines, powerful drums, lush bass and gossamer female vocals, it also featured Graham Bonnar (/), SwervedriverBrian Jonestown Massacrepsych rock producer Fran Ashcroft (, )Damon AlbarnLords of Acid, Russian producers Morozov and Oleg Mezherovsky, and Brazil’s Mind Movies.

On New Born Remixed, apart from the original versions of New Born and Light Scheme, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark’s own Malcolm Holmes contributes a highly emotional New Romantics-infused version of New Born. His remix spirals into an eternal night sky crescendo of noisy guitars and Ummagma's Shauna McLarnon's stunning voice.

The EP kicks off with highly acclaimed Red Bull Academy laureate and Tokyo producer Haioka with an intelligent and catchy masterpiece, where Japanese electronica meets a wall of sound. This is followed by Headpocket’s relaxed deep house interpretation. Irregular Disco Workers contribute a series of remixes to the release, turning two original tracks Light Scheme and New Born into a funkier soulful experience with another deeper into 80s melodic house territory. After Dim Zach’s journey into Nu Disco, we once more return to the more guitar heavy trade mark drone pop of David Garcet.

Fronted by Roman Kalitkin, Sounds of Sputnik now includes Oleg Mezherovsky, Oleg Luzhetsky, Dmitriy Bobrinev, Anastasia Berezovskaya, and Almaz Gaifutdinov. Now based in Canada, Ummagma collaborated with Kalitkin while living in Moscow circa 2004 and reunited with him after a decade of living in Ukraine. Their collaborative project went into overtime when military conflicts began between the two countries, as a decisive and loud symbolic act of cross-border comradeship.

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