In between skate parks and street corners is where you will find the music of Vast Aire. A NYC native whose influences range from Comic Books, Ninetendo Games, Japenese Anime and the Metapyshical Sciences. An artist who has been influenced by a vareity of music and inturn has now influenced a new generation of musicians.Cannibal Ox's "Cold Vein" is considered a modern classic album not just in Hip Hop but in all musical genres. Vast Aire who has responsible for much of the creation and development of that album has now made another classic. "Cold Vein" which was released in2001, is now followed up by "0x 2010: a street odyessey".The feel is spacey, epic and explores a new style for Vast Aire called "Simplex" which is simple ideas but explored in a complex manner. Much like the Kubrick masterpiece about the darker side of mankind, Vast Aire explores the darker side of himself. The writing for this record pushes Vast Aire into new terriorties, with deeper more profound ideas and codes to keep listeners and critics decyphering.It is rare for artist to follow up to classic album a decade later but with "OX 2010" Vast Aire certainly has.