If you were invited to a party in space who would be there and would you go? Would you be brave enough to endure ejection from the earth’s comfort for the apparent venture into the unknown? The biggest party in space would be heavily rigged with lights and movement in directions you wouldn’t expect. The activities would be simple complexities, an experimental new way to party and reclaiming a part of who we could be, who we will be and for some- who we already are.
Going into the unknown is actually my indirect business. Living an alchemical life I encounter various textures and substances that for the great will of knowledge I interact and experience these things. The complexities of results are various degrees of explanations for situations and that is what the project of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon have birthed from their five year project North America South America, N.A.S.A.
The first party in outer space…. that ambitious step into the unknown to explore what was, what can be and what it is if it were to happen… Would you go if you could get a ticket?
The list of guests on The Spirit of Apollo is ambitious and altogether unexpected. Most names are familiar to me Del The Funkee Homosapien, a quarter of including a posthumous Dirty Bastard. Some names I had to read the credits to make sure it was true- Yes KRS-ONE, George Clinton, Chuck D, Fatlip and Chali 2na have placed vested blessings into this project. What got me interested in this album was Tom Waits and Kool Kieth a.k.a. Dr. Octagon. Then there is the list of artists that I never heard of: Slim Kid Tre, Karen O, M.I.A., Barbie Hatch and the list continues because the N.A.S.A. brew is thick. This is the giant musical particle collider.
At a party (on earth) Squeak E. Clean and Zegon met and set off to create N.A.S.A. in a matter of hours. In the five years of conceptualization and physical creation they gained the help of the above mentioned artists and many more to make the project a reality. Some have felt the album is an ambitious project that steps forward, barely misses the mark due to the deliveries of some lyrics, but I have a feeling that the artists took new and experimental to their artistic sides in order to meet their fellow collaborators. The beats are unique and have unique marks that are felt from all artists on the songs. The album also comes with five pieces of artwork by different artists, all of which is presented for you here. A remix album and a full length documentary telling N.A.S.A.’s creation with artist interviews and Squeak E Clean and DJ Zegon are also going on a tour with featured special guests.
A collaboration of artists representing one side of the planet earth, all at once it sounds like college dorm if no one gave a damn for sound regulations- Someone’s playing the blues and dancehall reggae, you hear a far off record being scratched and… is that the someone’s kid laughing? Somehow in its uncomfortable encounter can’t be shaken from the mind, it’s the new song in your head- the shout of a planetary party where everyone becomes the alien and like most parties someone you know couldn’t make it and you hope to see them on the next one.
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