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| Artist: Kid Koala
Label: Ninja Tune
Category: Music
Buy New: £15.98
New (18) Used (7) from £3.38
Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 89819
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5021392160122
ASIN: B00003OOV0
Release Date: February 21, 2000
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Strut Hear | | • | Nerdball | | • | Fender Bender | | • | Drunk Trumpet | | • | Roboshuffle | | • | Barhopper | | • | Music For Morning People | | • | Naptime | | • | Night At The Nufonia | | • | Temple Of Gloom | | • | Scurvy | | • | Like Irregular Chickens | | • | Barhopper (2) | | • | Roll Credits |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The debut LP from the formidable scratching DJ, Kid Koala fulfils the fevered critical and public response that greeted his "live" sets and remixes/collaborations with Money Mark, DJ Vadim and Handsome Boy Modelling School. Koala describes his LP as having been "hand-cut": this is music that was made by manipulating his vinyl and record decks--much of it in real-time. A radical approach but Koala is a virtuoso DJ and can use his turntables to generate delicate melody and subtle shades of meaning. "Barhopper 1" is a lurch of drunken, ambient jazz with a nostalgic (perhaps culled from 1950s Hollywood) mix of voices that discuss love, drinking and dating etiquette. The result of the LP is similarly playful, even psychedelic--a collage of spoken-world samples and beatnik and bar-room jazz textures. Koala seems to have created fresh artistic ground for the DJ-musician and made a warm, easy-to-like LP and quite possibly a classic. --Tony Marcus
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Please sir, can I have some more? February 3, 2004
4 out of 13 found this review helpful
Its always the same - an album gets hyped to a stage that no artist can realistically match. Yeah, there may be comparisons with Shadow and RJD2 but those boys provided quality product over numerous tracks. At a little over half-an-hour long, with numerous vocal samples, you can't help but feel a little ripped-off when buying this 'album'. Its great in parts but a few more tracks, offering a truer showcase of Kid's skills, would've been a better reflection of this artist's abilities.
 So beaten, cut and scratched that it hurts.... in a good way May 17, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Well what can i say, eh? The first time i heard/saw kid koala's musical artistry was when i witnessed the video for 'fender bender'. This was quite a while ago, maybe about 2 or 3 years ago. i finally got around to buying the album early this year, solely on hearing that one record which, as a rule, i never do- i have to listen to at least 2 or 3 tracks by an artist before i venture out and get the record or whatever. so, i had no idea what i was gonna be in for. from the first track, i got the impression this could be a well cool record, and, while 'strut hear' only clocks up to about a minute, it sets the base for the rest of this sweeeeeet album. if you wanna hear music being completely butchered up, here's a start to your collection, a fantastic and eclectic array of dirty scratching, crazy cuts and some excellent samples. just one warning.... don't play 'irregular chickens' loud on yer stereo- halfway through, it scared the hell outta me first time i played it! (you'll get what i mean when you buy it). BUY THiS iF YoU WANT To LiSTEN To THE SoUND oF oNE MAN WRECKiNG MUSiC. AND THAT'S NoT A BAD THiNG iN THiS CASE.......... i just can't wait 'til i get 'Nufonia Must Fall' as well now and appreciate mr koala's artwork, seein' as i'm a graphic artist as well as a really keen music enthusiast (and, eventually, music artist.... i'm gettin' there!)
Those Wacky Canadians Never Disappoint! March 29, 2001
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if you like good beats, lots of scratching, and have a good sense of humour, this one's for you.kid koala is a genius! (be warned that this album is not for everybody, and at times the scratching can become a bit much)
Scratchtastic March 15, 2001
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Ignore words like 'novelty' when they are bandied around about the Kid. His scratching is at times breathtaking and his samples are an inherent part of the musical cutting & pasting. The man is truly a hex on the decks and the most ablist of any turntablist.If you like your music with melody and harmony then stear clear because there is little of that in here. However, the beats and scratches more than make up for it. To use the word dj doesn't do justice to his prowess on the decks. Someone like Judge Jules is a dj, Kid Koala is a record artist (I think that's the most pretentious thing I have ever said, so sorry about that, but I still stand by it). Essentially what I'm saying is Kid Koala = good, inventive, different, challenging; Jules and his ilk = bad, derivitive, tedious, obvious. He gets sound out of vinyl that no-one else would try and perhaps this is where he annoys other reviewers. The scratch is more important sometimes than the melody or the beat and there is a possible accusation of style over content. However, when your style is this good the only problem with content is that there's not enough - and sadly this album checks in at well under an hour. I'll take quality over quantity every time and Kid Koala delivers high calibre stuff in a short space of time. This record pushes the boundaries of what djs should do, not in terms of mixing, but with what you can make the vinyl actually do for you. This album has wit and skill coming out of every pore. Try it and you might bow down at the altar of the scratch.
 this cd is useless January 8, 2001
2 out of 17 found this review helpful
I have heard kid koala live and he was amazing so i thought i would buy his album AS YOU DO, when listening to it i was very dissapointed, instead of some dope scratching and phat beats it was just weird noises like something outta the jungle you can't even listen to it without thinking you have been ripped off.
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