fluc_wanne
mittwoch 9. Mai 2007
22:00 LIVE:
KID KOALA [Kanada/Ninja Tune]
dj beware [fm4
/ dmc champion]
Der
kanadische Turntablist Kid Koala wird sein neues Album "Your
Mum´s Favourite DJ" vorstellen.
Pressetext
zum aktuellen Album.
“I was never able to sing, I was never able to write songs.
But I always got a kick out of piecing together stories with bits
of records.”
Eric
San aka Kid Koala is a one-of-a-kind sort of turntablist. There’s
the fact that he’s an illustrator, graphic artist, film maker,
puppet master and musician. There’s the fact that he always
wear shorts. Then there’s the fact that he sees his chosen means
of expression not as a way of showing that he can do faster crabs
than anyone else, but as a way of telling stories.
And
here he is, with another story, a semi-autobiographical one, obviously,
as it’s undoubtedly true that if your mom had a favourite DJ,
it would be Kid Koala. And if you want to take that as a snap, well
then be our guest. This fresh-faced Kanadian Kasanova can play it
however you like. Ma’am.
Although
there is the romance, silent movie comedy and swing that your mother
may well smile at and even shake her booty to, the enthralling deftness
and complexity you’d expect from Kid Koala is also here - woven
together with classic hip hop beats, breaks and generous swathes of
heavy guitars.
It
looks back to the seminal “Scratchcratchratchatch” cassette
of a decade ago and the Kid’s first full release, “Scratch
Happy Land” (as well as referencing his multimedia project “Nufonia
Must Fall”). But it also, in ways we won’t even explain
yet, hints at the many projects Mr San has to come. There are references
throughout to a book about a clarinet-playing mosquito that Eric is
currently working on, plus to the musical puppet show he has in development
(honest). And there are also some “tests” from a new group
called Slew.
But
don’t worry too much about second-guessing stuff that will become
clear later. Instead focus on the small but perfectly formed delights
of “Your Mom’s Favorite DJ”. Try to follow the stories,
headnod to the beats (Eric has always liked his beats), develop your
own Charlie Chaplin routines, snigger at the vocal samples, marvel
at the dextrousness of the vinyl manipulation, but most of all, enjoy
the complete ease and class with which the whole thing is put together.