Kid Koala - 12 bit Blues

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As a real, genuine kid, long before he became Kid Koala, Eric San wanted an E-mu SP-1200 sampler – the Ark of the Covenent of hip hop production, used by his idols and heroes and imbued with legendary, almost supernatural, audio powers by rap aficionados worldwide. Unfortunately, he worked out he would have to deliver around eight million newspapers to buy one. Now, having hit his thirties, Eric finally has the machine he always craved.

 

Of course, music production has largely moved on, so Eric began working out what he could do with it - a kind of reverse engineering back to his childhood self. A little mucking around and it came to him – the blues was always about stripping music back to its bare essentials, which is exactly what the SP1200 does, too. Over three days he cut up and reassembled the bed tracks for 12 Bit Blues. No sequencing software was used. Using the pads on the machine and a multitrack, Eric played each part of the tracks in real time, before finally returning and adding cuts over the top.

 

The result is a really raw, immediate and strangely beautiful album, much like the music it draws on for its inspiration. In attempting to outplay and out-think the technology he is working with he revives the unworldly oddness of blues music before it became a staple of beer adverts and the jam-fantasies of middle aged marketing executives. This is the music, ripped and scratched and distressed until all those souls sold down the crossroads rise up and send shivers down your spine. It’s that real and, yes, that made up.

http://ninjatune.net...la/12-bit-blues

2 track preview out now:

http://ninjatune.net...s-x-6-bit-blues

Nice! I love the concept and from the previews it actually seems pretty well-executed. I don't know his stuff too well but I like "Some of my Best Friends are DJs".

Kid Koala is always enjoyable, definitely will look into this

fresh!

Nice, will order (hopefully).

anyone get the turntable kit to work?

  On 9/18/2012 at 9:39 PM, Worlds Most Johnsson said:

anyone get the turntable kit to work?

 

Nah, cant get mine to work at all. Tried a really fine point needle... Still no joy. Seen quite a few tweets from people saying the same thing.

Still great album though :)

interesting. I love the coloured pencil drawn cover. - assuming it is that an not some computer effect!

looks decent.

  On 9/18/2012 at 11:05 PM, smokebelch said:

  On 9/18/2012 at 9:39 PM, Worlds Most Johnsson said:

anyone get the turntable kit to work?

 

 

Nah, cant get mine to work at all. Tried a really fine point needle... Still no joy. Seen quite a few tweets from people saying the same thing.

 

Still great album though :)

same here

Still great album though :)

just now hearing this for the first time

Still great album though :)

yeah, i like this album! but it's not awesome neither amazing... just a good album

Saw him in berlin cause I could go for free. The show was funny, but the music is not really my cup of tea like with most stuff from Ninja Tune.

Great idea with the polaroids. Slowly coming alive.