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Operation Remix N.A.S.A.

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009

Our N.A.S.A. homeboys Squeak E. Clean (Sam Speigel) and DJ Zegon (Zé Gonzalez) have teamed up with Indaba music to give the musically inclined a chance to be included on the official remix album of N.A.S.A.’s critically acclaimed debut, The Spirit of Apollo (get it on iTunes now!). On the Indaba website contestants can take their own creative liberties by downloading the albums’ instrumental stems as well as the solo vocals featuring Kanye West, David Byrne, Chuck D, RZA, The Cool Kids, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Tom Waits, KRS-One, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Lykke Li, Santigold, George Clinton, Scarface, and M.I.A. among others. And in addition to being included on the remix album, the grand prize winner will also receive $1000 cash money for their work! Click here or read on below for entry and contest details.

Contest rules from Indaba music:

Remix the Gods of music. N.A.S.A., which stands for North America and South America, is an international collaboration between music aficionados Squeak E. Clean, DJ Zegon and their friends, family, and musical heroes. The Spirit of Apollo tastefully combines the sounds of Brazillian funk with soul, reggae, indie rock, old school hip hop and more, and includes superstar collaborations with some of the world’s best musicians.

Join this unbelievable all-star collaboration and land a spot on N.A.S.A.’s upcoming remix album! Download the acapellas and instrumentals from the entire album, including those from superstars like Kanye West and David Byrne. Mash ‘em up, remix, and record to create the hottest new N.A.S.A. track! You can submit up to 10 mixes for consideration by the judges!

Submissions are due by October 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM EDT

Voting starts October 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM EDT

Trailer I cut for the upcoming N.A.S.A. film documenting the albums creation

And in other N.A.S.A. related news:

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THIS WEEKEND: Where It Was At, True Stories, New Utopia, Rainbow Garden, Echo, Top 10, Motion Portraits, Singing Her to Sleep, and Hunt and Gather

Friday, June 26th, 2009

This weekend’s events and openings look swell and all but you know the whole world will be dancing their collective asses off to the music of Michael all weekend long. So tonight, you gotta leave that 9-5 up on the shelf and just enjoy yourself!

Where It Was At: A Propaganda and Satellite Films Tribute
LA Film Festival
Friday Jun 26th, 7:30pm
Landmark 8
10850 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
True Stories presented by Tim and Eric
Silent Movie Theater
Friday June 26th, 8:00pm
611 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Subliminal Projects presents Park Life: The New Utopia
Studio Number One
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 8-11 pm
1331 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90026
Show runs from June 27 through July 25, 2009
  • APAK (husband and wife duo of Aaron Piland and Ayumi Kajikawa Piland) bring their magical little creatures to Hollywood’s Tinlark Gallery with their Rainbow Garden.
APAK-Rainbow Garden
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 6-9pm
tinlark gallery
Crossroads of the World
6671 Sunset Blvd. #1512 Hollywood, CA 90028

Korin Faught-Echo
Corey Helford Gallery
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 7-10pm

8522 Washington Blvd. Culver City, CA 90232
Show runs from June 27 through July 19, 2009

* approximate times

INVADER-Top 10
WK Interact-Motion Portraits
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 7pm—9pm
529 West 20th Street, 9th floor New York, NY 10011
Shows run from June 27 through July 25, 2009

Jack Long-Singing Her to Sleep
GRNY
Opening reception: Saturday June 27th, 6:30-10pm
437 E. 9th St. New York, NY 10009
  • And finally on Sunday, come to Silver Lake and Hunt and Gather in a garden filled with one of a kind treasures culled from the collections of local collectors.

More from the locals:

“Local Silverlake peeps have come together to put their items on display. There’s gonna be music, $1 refreshments (margaritas, mimosas, & lemonade) and the CUTEST KITCHEN BOUTIQUE selling HOMEMADE VEGAN BAKED TREATS and CANNED GOODS.

Other items you will find on your hunt: VINTAGE bags, shoes and clothing. ANTIQUES, HANDCRAFTED CLOTHING, RECORDS, BOOKS, HANDMADE TERRARIUMS, ORGANIC APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, ORIGINAL ART and so much more!”

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Daughters, Dzama, and Department of Eagles

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The Directors Bureau director Patrick Daughters (Feist, Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and international artist Marcel Dzama (N.A.S.A. music video colab for “The People Tree” featuring David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift Of Gab & Z-Trip) have teamed up to create quite a ghostly music video for “No One Does it Like You” by the Department of Eagles (side project of Grizzly Bear front man Daniel Rossen). And it should come as no surprise that no one does it quite like these guys.

Read more about the creation of this video including bits on “ice skating ghosts”, Spike Jonze’s Sad Ghost, and how this directorial collaboration came to be at Dazeddigital.com here.

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More Music Videos From the World of N.A.S.A.

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

By now you full well know I’ve been backing my boys from N.A.S.A. and taking any chance I get to help spread the good word of their collaborative venture and debut album, “The Spirit of Apollo”. And with a whole slate of music videos created for the album and accompanying film which features the work of some of today’s biggest names in the art world, all under the watchful eye of the man known as Syd Garon (Qbert’s legendary “Wave Twisters”), you know you’ll be seeing much more in the near future. Here’s a couple of N.A.S.A.’s latest AV offerings:

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