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Friday, October 16, 2009 from 9:00 PM - 3:00 AM (ET)
Main floor action: KID KOALA - LIVE ON 4 TURNTABLES with support from Tanc and Tiernan
- Kid Koala, one of the Ninjatune OGs will be bringing his incredible taste and style of music to LODA at Gallery. Support from Tanc and Tiernan of the infamous Dive and Lie Wrecked parties.
Upstairs in the lounge: Deyv (88) and Ray Casil (A&R, I <3 Bass)
- Playing eclectic beats that will make you wiggle.
**TICKETS WILL BE $20 AT THE DOOR SO MAKE SURE YOU SAVE YOURSELF SME MONEY AND GET THEM IN ADVANCE**
| http://www.ninjatune.net/kidkoala Kid Koala’s official “Some of My Best Friends are DJs” site |
| http://www.myspace.com/kidkoalaonesandtwos Kid Koala’s official myspace site |
| http://www.nufonia.com Kid Koala’s official world of Nufonia |
| http://www.kidkoala.com the offical site |
KID KOALA BIO:
Back in 1996, Kid Koala became the first North American artist signed
to UK label Ninja Tune. In the years that followed Kid Koala released a
string of remixes and toured North America with fellow Ninja artists:
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 was invited 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 2000, Ninja Tune released Kid Koala’s debut album “Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome” which received international praise by the press for having
defied expectation. The album featured a video game and a 32-page comic
illustrated by Kid Koala himself. Following the release of the album
Kid Koala toured extensively in North America and Europe as a member of
groups such as Deltron 3030, Lovage, Bullfrog and on his own, opening
for some of his favorite artists, Radiohead and Bjork.
While on the road, Kid Koala kept busy with pen to paper,
illustrating a 350-page book called “Nufonia Must Fall” which was
accompanied by a soundtrack that he composed on the piano. Shortly
after the release of this book came the release of his second album,
“Some of My Best Friends are DJs” complete with a 50-page comic book
and mini chess game. This album was supported by a cabaret-style tour
known as “The Short Attention Span Theatre”, which featured 3 DJs on 8
turntables, a slide show and a bingo game among other quirky surprises.
Following this tour Kid Koala performed DJ sets in Australia, Asia,
Europe, Russia, North America and South America, all the while working
on a new book.
Kid Koala most recent release on Ninja Tune was, “Your Mom’s
Favorite DJ” in 2006. On this record he shows that his chosen means of
..the turntable) is used not as a way of showing that he can do faster
crabs than anyone else, but as a way of telling stories. 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.
In 2009, Kid Koala put together 3 “Music to Draw To” performances
in Montreal. Basically, he invited people to come and draw while he
played records. There was no dancing allowed, but people could enjoy a
free cup of hot chocolate, purchase some treats and either draw or do
some writing. These events where initially created just for fun, but
they became a huge success.
The success of the “Music to Draw to” performances like his other
conceptual shows have made it clear that there is an artistic community
out there that is looking for more of a marriage between music and the
visual arts. As the series progressed, he received more and more
requests for us to take our event to other parts of Quebec, North
America, Europe... Even South America and South Africa...
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