If you're going to have to show off all of the famous people you're friends with, you might as well make some great music to do it. Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon have come together to create N.A.S.A, which stands for North America/South America, collaborating with a number of superstar artists to make an album, The Spirit of Apollo. The album was created with the goal of bringing people together through music and art, with unexpected collaborations and pairings of artists throughout the seventeen-track release. The album features over thirty artists and include artists like Kanye West, Karen O and Nick Zinner of theYeah Yeah Yeahs, David Byrne of the Talking Heads, RZA, Lykke Li, George Clinton, Tom Waits, M.I.A., Chali 2na of Jurassic 5, Nina Persson of the Cardigans, Barbie Hatch, John Frusciante, RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Gift of Gab of Blackalicious, Santogold and Ghostface Killah, just to name a few. N.A.S.A. will be joined by many of their superstar guests this week when they play Coachella on Friday, April 17th, 2009.
The project has spilled out into a full-length documentary, which is nearing completion and includes interview with many of the artists who collaborated on the project and behind-the-scenes footage from The Spirit of Apollo recording sessions. Until the full documentary is completed, N.A.S.A. has created a trailer to continue the hype for the album which was release in February 2009.
Their goal to bring together people through music and art is particularly apparent in their music videos, all of which include Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon's favourite fine artists paired up with animators to create visual masterpieces to compliment the music off of The Spirit of Apollo. My personal favourite video is for "Way Down" featuring RZA of Wu-Tang Clan, Barbie Hatch and John Frusciante.
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