Laika
News
Laika artwork competition closed
Thanks for all of your entries to the Laika artwork competition. The answer to the question posed was 1957 - and the five lucky winners are: Christian Leyens, Tobias Westphal, Kim Stevens, Stewart Morrison and Mark Barton. Well done!
Posted 20/10/2003
Biography
"that perfect point between melancholy and renewed optimism" TIME OUT
"bewitching, confounding and very often unique" NME
"Laika go where no other band dares to go" i-D
"classy headnodding stuff" Dj
"a choice blend of distinctive samples, and beautifully poetic lyrics" MOJO
Laika (meaning barker in Russian) was the first living creature to escape the earth's atmosphere when on November 3, 1957 the Soviet space program launched Sputnik II, a small spaceship helmed by a stray dog...
