Alien Sputnik

**Alien Sputnik** is the mind-bending electronic project of Brazilian artist Ricardo Dias Gomes, a fixture in São Paulo’s experimental music scene since the late ’90s. Blending glitchy IDM, fractured beats, and dystopian soundscapes, their work feels like a transmission from a malfunctioning future—think Aphex Twin crashing a cyberpunk rave in a favela. Recent releases like *Admirável mundo líquido* (“Brave Liquid World”) and *Frio e áspero como concreto* (“Cold and Rough Like Concrete”) double as sonic critiques of digital alienation, using warped synths and erratic rhythms to mirror modern anxieties. While notoriously enigmatic (live shows might involve homemade noise gadgets or cryptic projections), Alien Sputnik’s DIY ethos and genre-smashing approach have cemented their status as cult heroes in Brazil’s underground.