Some of My Best Friends Are DJs [Enhanced]

Kid Koala | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 7, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Ninja Tune
• ASIN: B0000CC88D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,915 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As naughty and playful as nothing., October 12, 2003

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jazz_of_prodigyzone (Sofia, Bulgaria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs (Audio CD)

'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.:)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kid Koala's Touch of Gold Saves this Album, October 9, 2003

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TarTar (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs (Audio CD)

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

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the turntable as an instrument, November 30, 2004

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R. Solomon (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Some of My Best Friends Are DJs (Audio CD)

Eric San is one creative guy. He makes music, writes comic books and can even make a chess board. He doesn't necessarily do these things seperately either. Some of my best friends are djs comes with the lot. The comic makes for a good read and the chess board ... well I just can't bring myself to cut up the cd packaging. These are side issues really though, what I'm interested in is the music.

I'm not that familiar with 'carpel tunnel syndrome', a previous album, but i would say this album is a little more cohesive. There's a sense of beginning and end and a little more structure. 'Basin street blues' kicks of the album and it's a piece of genius. It's got a slow looping drum with a trumpet (sic) sample strectched out over the top. The beat rolls in about 1 minute into the tune. It's brilliant, especially the bit about epileptic chram. The jazz theme rolls on through to 'elevator hopper' and 'annies parlour'.

I've never met him but i'd say Kid Koala must be a pretty fun guy. Some of my best friends is full of jokes, crazy statements and animal noises. It's also a pretty laid back affair, there are no guest MC's and no huge banging club hits. Is subtle turntabelism, not some over the top scratching for scrathing's sake hip hop. This is a very enjoyable album.