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Some of My Best Friends Are DJ's
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Track Listing
- Strat Hear
- Basin Street Blues
- Radio Nufonia
- Stompin' at le Savoi
- Space Cadet 2
- Grandmaphone Speaks
- Skanky Panky
- Flu Season
- Robochacha
- Elevator Hopper
- Annie's Parlor
- On the Set of Fender Bender [*]
- More Dance Music [*]
- Vacation Island [*]
- Negatron Speaks [*]
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #592160 in Music
- Released on: 2003-10-07
- Number of discs: 1
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
As his alter-ego, "Kid Koala," might suggest, Eric San applies a joyous childlike vision to his music on Some of My Best Friends Are DJs. Following turns with Money Mark, Deltron 3030, and Lovage, Canada's cheekiest mixologist defied weighty expectations with his beguiling debut album, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Three years later, and Kid Koala has retained his youthful verve. Packaged with a 52-page, self-penned comic and a travel chess kit, Some of My Best Friends Are DJs offers less in the way of music, with the 35-minute running time meaning the restless sonic snippets wisely end before his humor has a chance to grate. Mixing sleazy whisky-bar vibes with adolescent antics, his second album never allows the listener to settle. Moments of playful mixing magic are at times followed by baffling inanity as "Skanky Panky"--with its wonderfully shattered Ska rhythm and frantic scratches--runs into "Flu Season", ostensibly a series of beat-accompanied coughs, sneezes, and sniffs. Blending blues, jazz, and funk with a myriad of bizarre samples, moments of pure eccentric genius such as "Robochacha" and "More Dance Music" make this a flawed yet fascinating slice of beat-driven bravura. --Christopher Barrett
From URB Magazine
Eric San is not the man he appears to be. During concerts and interviews, San (aka Kid Koala) comes across like an oversized kid, punctuather than sampling a bass line, he createsigns on sneaking through the club's back door. Lexicon gets serious (well, sort of) on "Brokenhearted," musing about failed relationships; a smooth "These Days" hits the mark as well. Youth brings several feel-good tracks sure to get things moving.
Patrick Drexler
Customer Reviews
Kid Koala's Touch of Gold Saves this Album
Unlike Carpal Tunnel, this album is much more orderly. Which isn't much of a compliment, because Carpal Tunnel was an awesome experimental album. Kid Koala could've gone in that direction, but he chose not to, and I can respect that. These tracks have a beginning and an end, where Carpal Tunnel was an experience and should be treated as 1 track, this new album definitely can be broken up. Comparably, the sounds and beats are somewhat orderly as well. Unlike continuously turning the knob of your radio, passing through different sounds every 10 seconds, these new tracks stick with a seperate theme for each track. So? Kid Koala has matured and so has his sound. He's still a turntable/electro god in my book.
-TarTar
As naughty and playful as nothing.
'Some of my best friends are djs' is too weird for normal listeners.
If you are one, better skip it.
If you are a turntable/mix maniac, you'll just have to have it.
For milder fans like me it's some crazy stuff
that I like and appreciate, but can't fall in love with.
Kid koala is definitely a genius - extraordinary
turntablist, dj, programmer, musician. Being such,
he delivers a truckload of beaty scratchy funny
witty entertainment...
..And a lot of headache too. ;)
You'll listen to the album with a lot of attention
and interest, but you'll never choose it for
a whole-day-long company.
The kid is smart, he's funny, and he is playful,
creative and naughty ... sometimes irritating ... like
all kids, eh? Nay.
Jazz, swing, rhythm and blues, vintage-like voice samples
and load of funky feeling. It's all there and out there.
Crazy mixing, crazy fades and pitch downs.
Black belt mastery. After all it's Ninja Tune.
Favourite track: More Dance Music.
Remember: Don't Do This At Home!
Just buy the disc.:)
Underrated
The work of Kid Koala is so impressive and creative that I can't give less than 5 stars...this album is a masterpiece because it does not look like any other album...it's a mix between jazz, blues, scratch with hip hop beats...
The real plus for kid koala is the spirit of the album, exclusively positive...
True fans of hip hop don't miss it
