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Infobox musical artist|name = Kid Koala|image = Kid-Koala.jpg|caption = Kid Koala performing in 2010|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist|birth_name = Eric San|alias =|Born = 1974|death_date =|origin = Vancouver Montreal |instrument = turntables|genre = turntablism |occupation = DJ |years_active =|label = Ninja Tune |associated_acts = Deltron 3030 Bullfrog (band)|Bullfrog Lovage (band)|Lovage The Slew |website = http://kidkoala.com/ kidkoala.com Eric San (born 1974),"Canadian Cyberquotes", The Ottawa Citizen, July 20, 2007, Page F9 who records under the name Kid Koala , is a Canada|Canadian DJ , turntablist , musician and an author of graphic novels . He is signed to the Great Britain|British record label Ninja Tune , is a member of alternative hip hop Supergroup (music)|supergroup Deltron 3030 , and The Slew with Dynamite D and former members of the Australian rock band Wolfmother , bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett . He has also made appearances with many other artists from Amon Tobin to the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and has made contributions to Lovage (band)|Lovage ,cite web | title = Discogs | work = Dan the Automator|Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Lovage (band)|Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By | url= http://www.discogs.com/release/47883 | accessdate = 2008-04-22 Peeping Tom (band)|Peeping Tom ,cite web | title = Discogs | work = Peeping Tom (band)|Peeping Tom - Peeping Tom (Peeping Tom album)|Peeping Tom | url= http://www.discogs.com/release/698495 | accessdate = 2008-04-22 Gorillaz cite web | title = Gorillaz Unofficial | work = The 'real' people behind the Gorillaz project | url= http://www.gorillaz-unofficial.com/biography/kidkoala.htm | accessdate = 2008-04-22 and numerous other projects.
Biography
San attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)|Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada, but graduated from Thomas Sprigg Wootton High School , in Rockville, Maryland|Rockville , Maryland , U.S., and went on to study elementary education at McGill University , in Montreal , Quebec .Bryant, Luke. "The new faces of music: Kid Koala's got all the technical moves but more important, he's making new music" The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia), March 20, 2004, Pg. D3 He would eventually distribute copies of his demo tape Scratchcratchratchatch to students living in residence at McGill. He is well known for his enigmatic style of turntablism , which uses an unusual collection of samples. He has been known to use samples of music from Charlie Brown television specials, old comedy sketch routines (including those that mock turntablism), people sneezing , and people reading a menu in Yue Chinese|Cantonese . He is well known for his cheerful demeanor at concerts and having a good sense of humour.
San is also an illustrator and an artist, having designed all of his own album covers. A comic book he drew is included as the liner notes to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome . Following the release of the album, Kid Koala toured extensively, during which time he opened for some of his favorite artists, including Radiohead and Björk ."Ninjatune Artists - Kid Koala" www.ninjatune.com, accessed December 20, 2007 http://www.ninjatune.net/ninja/artist.php? id=8"BBC - collective - kid koala interview" www.bbc.co.uk, accessed December 20, 2007 http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A1317575
He has also released a full length graphic novel, Nufonia Must Fall , which includes a soundtrack CD he composed. Some of my Best Friends are DJs includes a chess set as part of the packaging.
This album was supported by a cabaret -style tour throughout North America, Europe and Australia known as The Short Attention Span Theatre , which featured an unpredictable opening act—3 Djs (Kid Koala, P-Love , and DJ Jester the Filipino Fist ) on 8 turntables set up like a band, and a bingo game at intermission among other tremendously quirky surprises. Following this tour Kid Koala has performed DJ sets all over Asia, as well as in Iceland, Eastern Europe, Russia, and South America whilst working on a new book (apparently about a mosquito trying to play a clarinet ) and a unique puppet show set to take place in 2008.
San popularized a method of playing the turntable like a melodic instrument, where a long, single note is dragged under the needle at different speeds, creating different pitches. Since this method of adjusting pitch is imprecise, the resulting notes waver and bend. Thus, in the song "Drunk Trumpet," San uses this method with a trumpet note to simulate a drunken trumpet player, interspersing drunken vocals to complete the effect.
San released the Kid Koala album, entitled '' Your Mom's Favorite DJ (ZENCD127), on 25 September 2006.
As of October 2006 San was married and had recently embarked on a 90-city tour.
In 2008 he toured as the opening performer for DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist 's " The Hard Sell " tour where he ended his set with a now legendary mix of "Moon River" where he essentially creates and edits in an extended violin solo by playing various long violin notes from the song's instrumental section at different pitches on four turntables, all live.
During San Diego San Diego Comic-Con International|Comic-Con 2010, Kid Koala performed before a special free showing of the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World . The next year at Comic-Con, he performed before a special premiere of the television series NTSF:SD:SUV:: .
Discography
Solo Projects
Albums
1996: Scratchcratchratchatch - mixtape demo album, limited to 500 copies and initially released on Compact Cassette|cassette only (CS001)
2003: Some of my Best Friends are DJs (Ninja Tune ZENCD82) UK#196
2006: '' Your Mom's Favorite DJ (Ninja Tune ZENCD127)
EPs and Singles
1996: Scratchappyland - selections from the "Scratchcratchratchatch" - 10" released by Ninja Tune (ZEN10KK)
2000: Emperor’s Main Course In Cantonese (Ninja Tune ZEN1093)
2003: Basin Street Blues (Ninja Tune ZEN7142)
DVDs
2005: Live from the Short Attention Span Audio Theater Tour!! - 5 track live Extended play|EP with accompanying DVD containing the video of the concert|live performance plus 4 Music video s (ZENCD101, Ninja Tune)
Books
2003: Nufonia Must Fall - Graphic novel with accompanying 17 minute audio CD (ECW Press)
2011: Space Cadet (Kid Koala)|Space Cadet - Graphic novel with accompanying soundtrack CD (Uni Books)
Mixtape
2010: Solid Steel: Music To Draw To... (Ninja Tune)
Remixes
1997: Coldcut - More Beats And Pieces (Obsessive Behaviour Version)
1998: DJ Vadim - Vad Forgive Me (Bullfrog Kid Koala Mix)
2001: Kalyanji-Anandji - Third World Lover (Kid Koala and Dynamite D remix)
2002: Fog - Check Fraud (Kid Koala's Space Cadet E002 Mix)
2004: Lederhosen Lucil - Semi-Sweet
2004: Noveltones - The Gonk
2005: The Free Design - An Elegy (Kid Koala and Dynamite D remix)
2005: Yusef Lateef - Bamboo Flute Blues (Kid Koala Remix)
2007: Pierre Lapointe - 25-1-14-14
2008: Jack Johnson - Angel
2009: Bell Orchestre - Icicles / Bicycles (Kid Koala Remix)
2001: Lovage (band)|Lovage - Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By (75 Ark)
2001: Lovage - Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By: The Instrumentals (75 Ark)
2001: Bullfrog - s/t (Ropeadope Records)
2004: Bullfrog / Robertson - Deeper Shade of Green (Independent)
2007: Martin Tétreault & Kid Koala - s/t (Phon-O-Victo)
2009: The Slew - 100% (Puget Sounds)
Film
Composer
2005: Strum (short) - Original music http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0459553 IMDB
2005: A Girl's Guide to Modern Dating (short) - Original music http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1590751 IMDB
2006: Jaime Lo, Small and Shy (short) - Original music http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1546000 IMDB
Contributor
2010: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (feature) - Contributor to the original score "Nigel Godrich-produced Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World detailed", Consequence of Sound, July 22, 2010 http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/07/nigel-godrich-produced-scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-detailed
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