North America/ South America

The jewels of download. I'll be looking at this in the "nefu".

*nefu= near future. :)

N.A.S.A.

Currently, Sam Spiegel is working with Brazilian DJ Zegon under the name N.A.S.A. (North America/South America). Their debut album, The Spirit of Apollo, features a wide variety of artists, including K Kanye West, Karen O and Nick Zinner of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Lykke Li, Sean Lennon, John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Waits, Nina Persson of The Cardigans, George Clinton, David Byrne, Cee-Lo Green, Seu Jorge, M.I.A., and RZA, Method Man, Ghostface Killah, and Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan. Such collaborations earned Spiegel the title "Hot Star Magnet" on Rolling Stone's annual "Hot List" in 2008.[3] The album was "a conscious effort by NASA to show how people can be brought together by music and art."[1]

The Spirit of Apollo took over five years to create, and some songs required N.A.S.A. to wait up to three years for collaborators' schedules to match.[2] It was finally released on February 17, 2009, and received generally favorable reviews.[4] N.A.S.A.'s music will appear in the upcoming video game DJ Hero.[2]