Daryl L. Cameron (born July 10, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois), better known as Captain Sky, is an American musician and singer. Captain Sky’s funk-based musical style, futuristic costumes, and psychedelic imagery are similar to those of George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and other Parliament/Funkadelic projects.[1] His signature song 'Super Sporm' was notably referenced in the hip hop standard Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang[2] His album The Adventures of Captain Sky was the first album on vinyl to have expanded grooves for DJs to identify different parts of the song with, such as the percussion or bass break. The style of production on the album with gaps on the songs made it easier for hip hop artists to sample.
The poor man's Bootsy Collins, Captain Sky channels the sprawling cosmic-funk consciousness of Parliament-Funkadelic
to create a slicker, more commercial version of their pioneering sound.
As Xerox copies go, his debut LP, The Adventures of Captain Sky, isn't
half bad, sacrificing the resolution and depth of the original but still
managing to deliver some impressively heady space-cadet disco. Captain
Sky (aka bassist Daryl Cameron) is no George Clinton
but his outsized grooves and celebratory melodies are undeniably
propulsive. With its bubbling bassline and blistering percussion breaks,
the 12-minute epic "Super Sporm" (later sampled by everyone from Afrika Bambaataa to Boogie Down Productions)
is an underground funk classic and for good reason, but the entire
record makes for a surprisingly consistent and engaging listen.
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