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N.A.S.A., and their worldwide debut The Spirit of Apollo, is an ongoing
creative collaboration between two lifelong music aficionados, Squeak E. Clean
and DJ Zegon, and their friends, friends of friends and musical heroes.
While N.A.S.A. stands for North America/South America and contains a number
of superstar artists from both coasts of the U.S., it is about as far from a
tension-building geographical showdown as a record can get. Rather, The Spirit
of Apollo was born with the righteous goal of bringing people together through
music and art, and that is exactly what masterminds Sam Spiegel (Squeak E.
Clean) and Ze Gonzales (DJ Zegon) have done.
Unexpected collaborations abound on the seventeen track release. Tom Waits
growls over Kool Keith, Karen O taunts while Ol' Dirty Bastard gives shoutouts
to Wu Tang and N.A.S.A from the grave, and David Byrne, Chuck D and others
expound on the evils of "Money." In spite of the range of performers, the
pairings seem organic, inspired and make perfect sense on the first listen,
never coming off as ironic or impulsive. Spiegel explains that the tracks
themselves dictated who would be approached to lend a voice, revealing the
larger vision behind the project: "we never said, `let's make a track for this
person.' We'd usually make something we liked, and then as we were starting to
write the song, it would tend to go in a direction that we'd be like, `this
sounds like George Clinton,' or `this sounds like Method Man.' We would start
to feel the song out, and feel the artist through the song as we did it.
Basically, we'd sit around as we were making these tracks and say the nuttiest
combination of names, like our dream of who we could get on the song. It's
crazy, a lot of times they actually happened." That passion and appreciation
for music is the driving force behind The Spirit of Apollo. Conceived in a
crowded party in Sao Paulo and nurtured by a shared love of vintage Brazilian
soul and funk records, N.A.S.A. was born when Spiegel and Gonzales got
together in a studio and hit "record." "WE met at DVNO's studio party,"
Spiegel reminisces. "The next day we were flipping a Toni Tornado sample at my
studio which later became the song `Hip Hop' with Fatlip, KRS One, and Slim
Kid Tre." Five years later, after thousands of miles traveled, many favors
called in, countless hours spent in recording studios, bartered, traded and
out of pocket, N.A.S.A. landed at Anti Records, a label that is home to other
likeminded visionaries such as Zack de la Rocha, Nick Cave and N.A.S.A.-guest
vocalist Tom Waits.
Characteristically, N.A.S.A. is more than just a record. The enthusiasm and
connections of Sam Spiegel and Ze Gonzales cannot be contained by a single
album, so the project naturally expanded into other mediums. A full-length
documentary film is nearing completion, including interviews with many of the
artists who contributed to The Spirit of Apollo and behind-the-scenes footage
from the studio sessions. Highlights include fun at Sizzla's compound in
Jamaica, Method Man showing off his magic tricks and the altered consciousness
of the George Clinton recording session. In addition, other N.A.S.A. friends
have lent their visual talents, and animated music videos for several of The
Spirit of Apollo's tracks have been created by some of today's most
highly-regarded street artists such as Shepard Fairey, Sage Vaughn, Barry
McGee, Marcel Dzama and others. A remix record is already in the works, and
Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon will put their turntable skills to good use as
N.A.S.A. goes live with Brazilian percussionists, visual effects, art
installations and special guests.
The N.A.S.A. project is permeated by Brazilian funk, which provides the roots
of the songs and binds them together into a cohesive whole, but from there,
the imagination behind The Spirit of Apollo ranges far and wide. "Whachadoin?"
featuring M.I.A, Santogold, the electro-rap ingenuity of Spank Rock and Nick
Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is spontaneous and playful, and is perhaps the
first song to get funky with a dial tone. "The Mayor," featuring Ghostface
Killah, Scarface, indie-darlings the Cool Kids and Hollywood scene-maker DJ AM
has a laidback Superfly vibe, while "Electric Flowers," with Cardigans singer
Nina Persson and Wu Tang Clan's RZA, has a downbeat chilled-out feel. "Strange
Enough" pairs Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs with Fatlip and Ol' Dirty
Bastard, on the last song ODB recorded before his untimely death in 2004. On
"N.A.S.A. Music" Method Man gives a shout out to Spiegel's recording studio,
Crack Alley, while E40 chews on his vowels and together, the two wrap up The
Spirit of Apollo into a single chorus: "from New York to the Bay yo / Sao
Paulo to LA yo / nobody move until we say so / they wanna know who got that
N.A.S.A. music."
Spiegel sees it as more of an extension of the rest of his life. "No rules.
That's the M.O."
Sam Spiegel is a composer, producer, DJ and remixer who launched his music
career after heading west from his hometown of New York and began DJ'ing clubs
and events around Los Angeles. Not long after, his annual signature party SUDs
gathered celebrities and cool kids at unconventional venues in Los Angeles,
including a laundromat and a car wash. Sam has spun everywhere - from award
shows and clubs to premieres and parties and fashion shows in Japan, Brazil,
Morocco, Canada, Australia, England and all over the US.??Spiegel frequently
collaborates with his brother, filmmaker Spike Jonze. Notably, he scored and
compiled the soundtrack for the Jonze-directed cult classic "Yeah Right!" (the
top-selling skateboard movie of all time), and the two worked together with
Karen O from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on an Adidas commercial that won the Gold
Lion for Best Music at the 2005 Cannes International Advertising Festival and
Silver for Original Music at the 2006 Clio Awards.?
While Spiegel has produced and remixed tracks for Maroon 5, Iggy Pop, Kylie
Minogue, the Eels, Ben Lee, the Cardigans and many more, 2006 marked the first
Squeak E. Clean fully-produced album. Show Your Bones, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
sophomore record, was named "Album of the Year" by the likes of Rolling Stone,
NME, and Spin, and was nominated for a Grammy for best alternative album. Most
recently, Spiegel contributed songs to the highly-anticipated documentary film
Beautiful Losers, which documents many of the artists who have contributed
artwork to the N.A.S.A project, including Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee and Mark
Gonzalez. He also scored "EA Skate 2" for Electronic Arts.
A professional skateboarder who has evolved into one of the most sought
after, cutting-edge DJs in South America, Ze Gonzales (aka DJ Zegon) has
carved out his own musical niche that marries traditional Brazilian beats with
underground hip hop, creating a sound and vibe that places Zegon in a class
all his own.
By the late 80's Zegon was making his name as a DJ in both Sao Paulo and Rio
de Janeiro, playing records by the likes of Cash Money, Schooly D and Public
Enemy at a time when most Brazilians were clubbing to heavy metal and
limp-wristed pop, but it wasn't until the early 90's that Zegon committed
himself fully to music. In 1994, Zegon met Marcelo D2 from the up-and-coming
rap-rock hybrid group Planet Hemp, and one week later, Ze was introduced to
the rest of the band - onstage and without rehearsal - at his first show with
them. "It's funny how Planet Hemp became so mainstream," Ze reflects. "After
that first show we opened up for the Beastie Boys and Cypress Hill and got
signed to Sony." Within two months of joining the group, more than one million
Planet Hemp CDs had been sold in Brazil, leading to tours in Europe, Japan,
and the United States.
Recently, Ze spent two years in Los Angeles working with longtime friend -
and fellow Brazilian - Mario C, producer and engineer extraordinaire behind
such artists as Beastie Boys, Tone Loc, Young MC and Bjork.
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