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N.A.S.A. – The Spirit Of Apollo

Topics: Music | 1 CommentBy admin | January 18, 2009

Unless you’re paralyzed from the funk bone down, N.A.S.A. is going to take you to planet shake-your-booty. The video at left is for the song Money (featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip), from N.A.S.A.’s upcoming debut release Spirit of Apollo which hits the shelves February 17, 2009. N.A.S.A. stands for [...]

Unless you’re paralyzed from the funk bone down, N.A.S.A. is going to take you to planet shake-your-booty. The video at left is for the song Money (featuring David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip), from N.A.S.A.’s upcoming debut release Spirit of Apollo which hits the shelves February 17, 2009. N.A.S.A. stands for North America/South America, and is a production project by Squeak E. Clean (Sam Spiegel, director Spike Jonze brother) and DJ Zegon (DJ/skateboarder Ze Gonzales) which has been several years in the making, and features apearances by a lengthy list of their friends, associates, and inspirations, including Tom Waits, M.I.A., Santogold, Lykke Li, and many more (see track list below). The tracks I’ve heard make me want to move to Brazil and take a job in a nightclub, and I have to admit I hate myself for liking their remix of Girl From Ipanema (4.8MB, mp3). This has been one of my favorite songs since I was about six years old, and NO WAY was I going to like some DJ rehashing of it. Alas, I was won over on the second listen. Remember this is club music, not audiophile jazz. Check out more previews on N.A.S.A.’s MySpace page or on the Mexico City blog LeTouch .

N.A.S.A. – The Spirit Of Apollo Track Listing:

01. Intro
02. The People Tree (feat. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, & Z-Trip)
03. Money (feat. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge, & Z-Trip)
04. NASA Music (feat. Method Man, E-40, & DJ Swamp)
05. Way Down (feat. RZA, Barbie Hatch, & John Frusciante)
06. Hip Hop (feat. KRS-One, Fatlip, & Slim Kid Tre)
07. Four Rooms, Earth View
08. Strange Enough (feat. Karen O, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, & Fatlip)
09. Spacious Thoughts (feat. Tom Waits & Kool Keith)
10. Gifted (feat. Kanye West, Santogold, & Lykke Li)
11. A Volta (feat. Sizzla, Amanda Blank, & Lovefoxxx)
12. There’s a Party (feat. George Clinton & Chali 2na)
13. Whachadoin? (feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold, & Nick Zinner)
14. O Pato (feat. Kool Kojak & DJ Babão)
15. Samba Soul (feat. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert)
16. The Mayor (feat. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM, & Scarface)
17. N.A.S.A. Anthem

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  1. Posted by » Brazilian Girls & David Byrne - I’m Losing Myself - Dissociated Press on 03.23.09 11:36 pm

    [...] While I’m enthused about the new single by David Byrne and Brazilian Girls that’s being released exclusively on iTunes today, I’m a little bit frustrated by it’s exclusivity (more on that in a minute). I’ve been a fan of Brazilian Girls since their first release in 2005; their unique amalgam of Latin dance music, hip club stylings, and jazz influences is irresistible, and singer Sabina Sciubba’s poly-lingual antics keep the tunes interesting on repeated listening. It was always a joy at parties when people failed to realize they were headnod-dancing to a tune in which the refrain was “Pussy Pussy Pussy Marijuana”. And David Byrne? Well, as the main mastermind and vocalist of Talking Heads and occasional collaborator with Brian Eno, like him or not, he holds a pretty unique place in contemporary pop. The new tune is pretty fun, it’s an English-language remix of Brazilian Girls’ 2008 tune Losing Myself that’s been David Byrne-ified so it sounds a little like Talking Heads’ old classic “Life During Wartime”. So here’s my frustration: The new single is being released exclusively on iTunes. I am not (and may never be) an iTunes user, thanks to their shoddy history of DRM issues and insistence that you install a 70MB piece of software before they “allow” you to give them money for the music they’re selling. On top of that, the exclusive preview being offered was via the once-hip (but now a little self-indulgent and steampunk-prone) BoingBoing.net, which linked to a file that was in .wax format. It might as well be in .WTF format, as far as most people are concerned; the linked file might play in Windows Media Player , but most people have told me they couldn’t get it to play at all. I personally found a workaround using the Firefox plugin “FlashGot”. But enough bellyaching, check out the tune, if you can, and here’s the label’s press release. By the way: if you like David Byrne, you might also want to check out the tune Money from the recent release by N.A.S.A. [...]