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Squeak E. Clean, aka director Spike Jonze's brother Sam Spiegel, has teamed up with DJ Zegon, aka Ze Gonzales, to release a debut album together under the name NASA (North America South America).

The as-yet-untitled album will come out on an as-yet-unnamed label in the winter, and while its tracklist is still as-yet-not-finalized, the tracks they do have for it (assembled below as a rough tracklist) feature more impressive names than we can even count.

Here's a partial list: David Byrne, Tom Waits, M.I.A., Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O and Nick Zinner, RZA, the late Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Kool Keith, CSS' Lovefoxxx, Spank Rock, John Frusciante, Fatlip and Slim Kid Tre from the Pharcyde, E-40, Gift of Gab, Chali 2na, KRS-One, George Clinton, Seu Jorge, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, the Cardigans' Nina Persson, Amanda Blank, Z-Trip, and DJ Qbert. Get a taste of several of these folks-- including Byrne, RZA, ODB, and Karen O-- as part of the streaming "Megamix" below.

If you've ever wanted to hear Kool Keith and Tom Waits on the same track, well, NASA is here for you. And the act's publicist reveals they are "still recording a couple more big name artists who we have not listed."

NASA will appear at San Francisco's 111 Minna Gallery for the Choose GOOD Magazine Block Party on July 15. The event is only open to GOOD subscribers, but the lineup also includes Diplo, A-Trak, Kid Sister, Richie Panic, Moving Units' Blake Miller, Vin Sol, and Bedtime for Toys, which makes it good enough to pony up the $20 (all of which goes to a charity of your choice!) for a yearlong subscription. Subscribers also get entry to more parties like the San Fran bash nationwide.



"Megamix" tracklist:

01 The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, and Z-Trip]
02 Strange Enough [ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard, Karen O, and Fatlip]
03 NASA Music [ft. Method Man, E-40, and DJ Swamp]
04 Money [ft. David Byrne, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo, and Z-Trip]
05 There's a Party [ft. George Clinton]
06 Way Down [ft. RZA, Barbie Hatch, and John Frusciante]

Rough tracklist:

Intro
The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab, and Z-Trip]
NASA Music [ft. E-40, Method Man, and DJ Swamp]
Way Down [ft. RZA, John Frusciante, and Barbie Hatch]
Hip Hop [ft. KRS-One, Fatlip, and Slim Kid Tre]
Four Rooms, Earth View
Money [ft. David Byrne, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo, and Z-Trip]
Strange Enough [ft. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Fatlip]
Samba Hey (Portuguese Version) [ft. Seu Jorge]
A Volta [ft. Lovefoxxx, Amanda Blank, and Sizzla]
The Ultimate [ft. Fatlip and Gift of Gab]
Spacious Thoughts [ft. Tom Waits and Kool Keith]
Electric Flowers [ft. RZA and Nina Persson]
There's a Party [ft. George Clinton]
O Pato [ft. Kool Kojak]
Whachadoin? [ft. M.I.A., Spank Rock, and Nick Zinner]
Samba Soul [ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and DJ Qbert]
I Am God [ft. Kool Kojak]
Outro