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SAM I
SIA joins SAM I
on new album
‘Random Shit From The Internet Era’

THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED ELECTRONIC ARTIST IS ALSO JOINED BY
RZA, ANDERSON .PAAK, DOJA CAT AND MANY MORE

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Praise for SAM I

“Spiegel is a contemporary kind of artist – a musician, record producer and general-idea-guy…He’s a musical polymath who coaxed a nebula of superstars (David Byrne, Kanye West, Tom Waits) into cameos with his bands N.A.S.A. and Maximum Hedrum.” – Los Angeles Times (USA)

“[Spiegel’s N.A.S.A. project’s] tracks are a three-dimensional, ever-shifting combination of Brazilian, American and even African funk…chirpy pop choruses punctuate raps, and the beat stays brisk and unpredictable.” – The New York Times (USA)

“Sam Spiegel is a polymath, with… excellence in film and music.” – DJ Mag (USA)

“Sam Spiegel has really done it all. He’s a world class DJ who, as one half of N.A.S.A, has worked with the likes of David Byrne, Kanye West, Karen O, M.I.A., Tom Waits, and George Clinton. But through all his various endeavours, he’s never lost his passion for collaborating on funky-as-hell electronic jams with his friends and idols.” – Consequence of Sound (USA)

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Critically acclaimed Australian musician Sia, joins rapper, singer, record producer and activist Vic Mensa and Grammy-nominated DJ, music producer, composer and music/film director Sam I (aka Sam Spiegel) on the upcoming album ‘Random Shit from the Internet Era’, out June 26 via Spectrophonic Sound / Believe. Sia is featured on the focus album track ‘Don’t Give Up’ alongside Vic Mensa and Busta Rhymes; see below for a complete track list.

The highly anticipated follow-up to Spiegel’s landmark collaborative project N.A.S.A.’s critically acclaimed 2009 release ‘The Spirit of Apollo’, ‘Random Shit from the Internet Era’ features a number of singles recently released by Spiegel – ‘Used to be my Homie’ featuring Freddie Gibbs and BJ The Chicago Kid; ‘20 Below’ featuring Anderson .Paak and Doja Cat; ‘To Whom It May Concern’ featuring CeeLo Green, Theophilus London and Alex Ebert; ‘One Last Time’ featuring Goldilox and co-produced by AlunaGeorge’s George Reid; ‘Wishin’’ featuring Bipolar Sunshine; ‘Crew’ featuring Elliphant and Agent Sasco (aka Assassin); ‘Champagne’ featuring Aynzli Jones and ‘Perfect’ with Tropkillaz featuring Bia and MC Pikachu – as well as never-before-heard tracks featuring special guests Mensa, Sia and Busta Rhymes as well as RZA, Barbie Hatch, Kat Dahlia and more.

“I usually love to work conceptually,” notes Spiegel. “Call me old school, but I love making albums that have a theme or concept that carries you through the record. For instance, on N.A.S.A.’s ‘The Spirit of Apollo’ the theme was space and unity; creating together without geographical, religious, genre or ideological borders. ‘Random Shit from the Internet Era’ was a different process for me. This is an album comprised of songs which have been created in bits and pieces over many years, some literally over the last 15 years! I had these great songs floating around my brain, and I felt it was time to release them to the world, regardless of whether they fit into a cohesive conceptual album. For that reason, the album is comprised of lots of different feels and genres, disparate frames of mind from my journey through life.”

Additionally, Spiegel is celebrating the 10th Anniversary of N.A.S.A.’s ‘The Spirit of Apollo’ with a 4-LP box set which includes three previously unreleased songs featuring Fatlip (Pharcyde), Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and Jimmy Jael (Brother Reade), remixes, a 48-page picture booklet with photos of N.A.S.A. on tour and in the studio, a 24-page LP booklet, a streaming card to watch the Spirit of Apollo documentary and more. The box set is out now and is available for order HERE.

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Spiegel explains, “I’m so geeked about this 10 Year Anniversary Box Set of N.A.S.A.’s The Spirit of Apollo. There was so much that went into this album back when we made it, so many inspiring people made contributions, and the album is so multifarious with all of the musical and visual artists’ contributions, we wanted to do a special edition to commemorate the album, and to include a bunch of extra stuff that didn’t make it on the original version and remixes that came after the release.”

Spiegel’s N.A.S.A. project (with Brazilian DJ Zegon) debuted in 2009 with The Spirit of Apollo featuring appearances by Kanye West, M.I.A., Tom Waits, RZA, David Byrne, ODB and many others. He has gone on to establish himself as a critically acclaimed music and film director, serving as music director for Kanye West’s ‘Glow in the Dark’ tour and Karen O’s ‘Stop the Virgens’ theatrical project, the latter of which Spiegel co-wrote with Karen and produced.

In 2005 Spiegel founded his award-winning commercial music house, Squeak E. Clean Studios, through which he has scored commercial campaigns for Nike, Adidas, Cadillac, Honda, Sonos and many more. Other highlights among Spiegel’s film credits include the scores to Spike Jonze’s ‘Yeah Right!’, the top-selling skate movie of all-time; HBO’s ‘Pretty Things’; and Drew Barrymore’s ‘Whip It’.

In 2015 Spiegel turned his attention to film direction with the video for the final track to be released by N.A.S.A., ‘Jihad Love Squad’ feat. KRS-One. Spiegel recently directed the web series ‘Wu Tang In Space Eating Invisible Sliders,’ starring Wu Tang Clan members RZA, GZA and Ghostface Killah.

Watch/share the entire series HERE.

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Click to stream ‘Random Shit From The Internet Era’

Album Track Listing

1. Goin’ Home
2. Perfect (with Tropkillaz, featuring Bia & MC Pikachu)
3. Used to Be My Homie (featuring Freddie Gibbs & BJ The Chicago Kid)
4. Don’t Give Up (featuring Sia, Busta Rhymes & Vic Mensa)
5. Wishin’ (featuring Bipolar Sunshine)
6. One Last Time (featuring Goldilox)
7. To Whom It May Concern (featuring CeeLo Green, Theophilus London & Alex Ebert)
8. 20 Below (featuring Anderson .Paak & Doja Cat)
9. Champagne (featuring Aynzli Jonze)
10. Crew (featuring Elliphant & Agent Sasco [aka Assassin])
11. Ride (featuring RZA & Barbie Hatch

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