Eric San
Eric San
Eric San, who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and an author of graphic novels. He is signed to the British record label Ninja Tune, is a member of alternative hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030, and The Slew with Dynamite D and former members of the Australian rock band Wolfmother, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett. He has also made appearances with many other artists from Amon Tobin to the Preservation...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMusician
CountryCanada
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If you met my dad, I think a lot of things would be put to rest. Because my pops is a pretty silly guy. But, Coldcut, they're based in the U.K. I'm a big fan of jazz music, so American music has had a big influence on what I listen to.
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You can say battle or war or whatever, but in the end, it's music. It's not really violent in intent at all, it's really just about expression and celebrating that in itself.
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When the generation after me started getting on the cut, a lot of them would call me over to hang out or go jam and scratch and they were always separate from each other.
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When I'm playing with the band or playing with some projects or some of my own stuff it's about the musical approach. That would be the more turntablist approach to things of where it's strictly about music.
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Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep trying different things, keep pushing it a little bit at a time.
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We're on tour to kind of explain why we do what we do, how its done and how we put it together.
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I'm not here to battle anybody. In the end it's just an instrument. That shouldn't be a concept.
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Even though you were radiated doesn't mean you get to have that sort of power.
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Dear motorist on the information superhighway. I'm sorry I do not have a car.
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A lot of the stuff I've accumulated over the last few years of touring I thought was really interesting. Like sounds, sound bites, and beats even, but they weren't good dance beats they weren't ones anyone would want to rap over or anything.
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I realized that we were all sort of conspiring, well, not conspiring against each other, but all this cloak and dagger stuff and I was like; what is this?
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I try and make little stories. Whether it's with a pencil or with bits of records, it's really the same thing.
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Eventually we want to do a puppet musical with turntables in the orchestra pit.
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Eventually it just got really crazy. Less and less oxygen in the apartment.