KID KOALA Next Tuesday, PJC/Hamilton

[kc]

PJC presents

Ninja Tune Recording artist

KID KOALA

Tuesday, September 12th

Doors 8pm, 

Tix $15.

Available soon...

Special guests tba.

http://www.kidkoala.com/

http://myspace.com/kidkoalaonesandtwos

http://www.pepperjackcafe.com

In 1974, Kid Koala a.k.a Eric San was born in Vancouver, Canada. By the time he was twelve years old, and after many years of classical piano lessons, the young Eric discovered an increasingly popular sound that he would eventually make all his own.  After making his first "scratch" on his sister's record player, he began saving his money from paper routes to buy his first turntable set-up.

By the early 1990's, Eric was living in Montreal where he had moved to study early childhood education at McGill University.  While djing in clubs, he began to attract the public's attention.  In 1995, when Jon More (co-owner of UK record label Ninja Tune, and half of Coldcut) came to visit Montreal, Eric's innovative and humourous mix tape "Scratchcratchratchatch" ended up playing on the car stereo.  Shortly thereafter, Eric, now Kid Koala, became Ninja Tune's first North American signing.

Following the signing, Kid Koala released a string of remixes and began touring North America with Ninja Tune artists such as Coldcut, DJ Food and DJ Vadim.  But it was not long before his skill, innovation, and performance style led him to attract attention from those outside the club community.  In 1998, he received an invitation to join Money Mark's band, and then went on the road to open for the Beastie Boys on their "Hello Nasty" world tour.

In February of 2000, Ninja Tune released Kid Koala's debut album "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome".  The album received great praise and was featured in the international press for having defied expectation.  The album was accompanied by both a video game and 32-page comic illustrated by Kid Koala himself.  A tour featuring 6 turntables and live musicians soon followed and took the young artist throughout North America and Europe.   

After the release of his first album on Ninja Tune, Kid Koala continued to tour extensively as a member of groups such as Deltron 3030, Lovage, Bullfrog and also as the opening act for international recording artists Radiohead.   

But while he was on the road, new projects were brewing.  Kid Koala continued to keep himself busy on his downtime with the help of pencil and paper.    Many sketch books later, his first book Nufonia Must Fall was published in March of 2003 by ECW Press. This 350-page illustrated love story about an out-of-work robot and a workaholic girl was accompanied by a 'soundtrack' of short record of original, experimental piano-based compositions.  The original music and his characters set the stage for a North American tour of intimate, sit-down venues, during which Kid Koala lay his fingers down not only on the turntables, but on the Wurlitzer- and on the remote control of an old slide projector.

Kid Koala's second full-length album on Ninja Tune "Some of My Best Friends are DJs" was released in October 2003.

"Your moms favourite DJ' Press release:

“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.â€

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 Fallâ€). 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 DJâ€. 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.

[kookycanooky]

yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeea!

[Chips]

YESSSSSS indeed! A million thanks Ken for bringing Kid Koala back to Hamilton!!!

[skelter]

An absolutely ridiculous talent Kid Koala is ... and far and above one of the kindest people you'll ever meet in the music biz. He's in Kingston Oct. 26

[questcequecest?]

cool! (bump)

[\/\/illy]

I SO wish I could make this show. I love 'the kid.'

[Sarahbelle]

I'm gunna try to make it even though I'm kinda poor and I have to wake up early....

but me and Casey can't resist!!

[FairySari]

I have class until ten pm. If I get there at 11 will I miss much?

[kc]

Nope!

[kookycanooky]

see ya'll tonight!