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Sounds of Sputnik is headed by Roma Kalitkin, whose signature sound mixes post-rock, shoegaze and dream pop with a slight kickback to noise pop. He draws inspiration from My Bloody Valentine, Jesus and Mary Chain, Ride, Sonic Youth, Happy Mondays, and Slowdive, although the musical semblance of this project seems closer to the style of Mogwai, Air Formation, Hammock, Airiel, Jesu, Highspire, and The Twilight Sad. Dubbing himself a “white crow”, the music he makes has always gone against trends within his home country of Russia, both as a solo artist and for the 20 years he played in various...

1) Knut Storbukaas (b.1942), Norwegian artist, first non-Russian ever to performe music on the Red Square, Moscow. 2) Zputnik is electropunk band from the Czech republic. 3) A russian electronic band based in Netherlands. 4) A Japanese pop band whose members include Da-little (a.k.a ひらどん/hrdn - a Niconico singer), and the musician Taisho. 5) An alternative/punk-rock band from Mexico City. Correcct tag for them is Sputnik!. 6) A jazz fusion band from Winnipeg, Canada. .

Full name: Sputnik Booster & The Future Posers Based out of Bayern, Germany, the band classifies its sound as Chip punk, Electro, Post-punk, and Thrash, mainly using Commodore 64 and Gameboy samples in their music. They currently produce under the indie record label Retinascan and claim to be one of the best selling bands of the label. .