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Sam Spiegel, also known as Squeak E.
Clean, is an American producer/DJ/composer from New York who grew up in Bethesda,
Maryland.
As a child, Sam studied classical voice, cello, and flute, but
by his teens, his new love was hip hop. Using turntables and an
extensive record collection, Sam would combine his knowledge of
different genres to create his own sound.
In addition to creating his own material, Spiegel has worked
with prominent artists such as Ben Lee, Maroon 5, Del tha Funkee Homosapien,
and Yeah Yeah
Yeahs. He has also scored commercials for companies including
Converse, Levi's, Reebok, ESPN, T Mobile, Jose Cuervo, and Saturn,
and his production company scored the video game Skate 2.[1]
Though he attempts to create music free of record label restraints,
Spiegel also licenses his songs whenever possible so
as to maximize exposure for his work.[2]
Spiegel is brother of film director Spike Jonze. They collaborated on the Adidas TV commercial Hello
Tomorrow, for which Sam Spiegel created the score sung by
Jonze's then-girlfriend Karen
O. The titular song briefly reached #1 on the iTunes singles chart and gained Spiegel
substantial recognition.[3]
N.A.S.A.
Currently, he 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 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]
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