Dead Astronauts – Silhouettes Redux (Album – Cold Transmission Music)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Wave, Minimal-Wave, Electro-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Early in 2021 Dead Astronauts released their third studio album “Silhouettes”. They closed the year with “Silhouettes Redux” featuring most of the album’s songs remixed by other artists.
Content: The remixes have been accomplished by SYZYGYX, Cult Of Alia, Crying Vessel (2x), The Rain Within, Cirque D’ess, Mechanimal, Ultra Sunn, Mecha Maiko, Camlann and Dead Lights. The remixes are diversified but holding on to the original spirit of the songs and the band.
+ + + : I like the diversity between the remixes. From pure Minimal-Electro-Wave by SYZYGYX and Cult Of Alia to the familiar sensual approach of Mechanimal to the clubby approach by Ultra Sunn and the sweet, evasive, second remix by Crying Vessel.
– – – : I’m not often a huge fan of a remix-album. Even if there are some cool and hot remixes featured, I prefer the original “Silhouettes”-album instead of this edit.
Conclusion: “Silhouettes Redux” will give you another and wider vision of the original album released by Dead Astronauts.
Best songs: “Missing Person – Ultra Sunn Remix”, “Chauffeur And The Flame – Mechanimal Remix”, “These Hands – Crying Vessel Remix”, “Low Light – SYZYGYX Remix”, “Strangers In A Room – Cult Of Alia Remix.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.deadastronauts.com / www.facebook.com/deadastronauts
Label: www.coldtransmission.com / www.facebook.com/coldtransmissionmusic
About Dead Astronauts
Dead Astronauts was initially made up of Jared Kyle and Hayley Stewart. After Stewart left to work on her solo project Mecha Maiko, Florence Bullock took over the female lead in 2019, and producer Slade Templeton, known for his work with Crying Vessel and Influx Studios, joined the writing in 2019 and 2020. That line-up recorded “Silhouettes” and its counterpart “Silhouettes Redux”.
“Silhouettes Redux”, reviewed here, was released on 3 December 2021 through Cold Transmission Music and holds eleven remixes. In 2023 Bullock stepped back for scheduling and health reasons and Templeton moved into a more prominent role alongside Kyle. The pair released the fourth album “Ghosts”, holding thirteen tracks, in 2024, with Bullock invited back to work on the record, and played their European live premiere at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig.
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