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N.A.S.A. The Spirit Of Apollo

N.A.S.A. - The Spirit Of Apollo
  • Release date: February 17, 2009
  • Label: Anti/Epitaph
  • Recording year: 2009
  • UPC/EAN Code: 45778700165
  • ©2009 Spectrophonic Sound Under Exclusive License To Anti Inc.
  • ℗2008 Spectrophonic Sound Under Exclusive License To Anti Inc
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About N.A.S.A.'s The Spirit Of Apollo

N.A.S.A is an ongoing creative collaboration between two lifelong music aficionados, Squeak E. Clean ad 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 US, it is about as far from a tension-building geographical showdown as a record can get. Rather, their Anti debut '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. Brazilian funk 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. Unexpected collaborations abound on the eighteen track release. Tom Waits growls over Kool Keith, Karen O taunts while Ol' Dirty Bastard gives shout-outs 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.

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