Turntablism
[Album Stream] Listen to Kid Koala’s 12 Bit Blues in FULL
Blurb swaggerjacked from CBC Music:
The continuing adventures of Montreal turntablist, Kid Koala have brought us all a healthy dose of the blues. The endlessly creative phenom’s latest album is 12 bit Blues, an homage to the classic E-mu SP-1200 drum machine and sampler that fulfills a childhood dream and the Kid’s creative impulse.
“Even by the way I titled them, they weren’t born as songs, they were experiments,” Kid Koala says over the phone from Montreal. “I wanted to use this iconic hip-hop equipment from when I first got into the music. Back in the late ’80s the SP-1200 was the machine. It was completely out of reach for me financially because I only had a paper route and it was $5,000, so that was never going to happen.
“But y’know, technology has caught up and, by today’s standards, it’s almost completely pointless to make records using this machine! But that was almost the challenge; I wanted to do this future/past blues record and use these hip-hop tools. So, all of these are essentially studies in that and I just numbered them as such. Back in my classical piano days, it’d always be ‘Study #2,’ ‘Study #3’ and you’d learn things along the way.”
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[via Exclaim!]
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[Music Video] Fresh Kils – The Price is Right Routine
Was in Pizza Pizza the other day (checking out their actually pretty good gourmet personal-size pizzas) when I saw the homie, Fresh Kils on their in-house PPTV channel. Wow! Dig that? Then hit the jump to see Kils’ “Double Dragon” routine.
[DJ Mix] Dj Zedvantz – Turntable Jazz
Cool 30 minute mix by Toronto’s Dj Zedvantz combining jazz and turntablism. I digs: reminds me of the early 90’s Acid jazz music era of Giant Step parties in Union Square and 12″ vinyl releases on the 8-Ball Records label.
Throwback Music: Beat Junkies (Eclipse feat. Arcee) – World Premier (prod. Jake One)
MP3: Beat Junkies (Eclipse feat. Arcee) – World Premiere (prod. Jake One) [direct download – right click & save as]
Gotta thank the homie, Del from Vibes and Stuff for the heads up on this one.
This is Arcee from The Real Frequency featured on a track from the 1998 album, The World Famous Beat Junkies, Vol. 2. Had no idea he was an artist but dude really walks it like he talks it! He’s not just another frustrated, wannabe MC (“You wanna be an MC…”) blogging. Not only is he a radio personality on a real, commercial radio station, not just college or internet radio (no disrespect intended to those who do that) but he has actually made some real deal, honest-to-goodness records too! And they’re on some real hip hop ish to boot, respect! And for you hip hop historian, nerd types out there, this was apparently Jake One‘s first official production and features beat juggling by DJ Rhettmatic of the Beat Junkies.
Also look out for Arcee’s “Super Educated” and the posse cut, “Stripes” featuring Kardinal Offishall, Brassmunk and IRS on the homeboy, Beni B’s ABB Records.
Bonus:
Hit the jump for a brand new (and FIYA!) track, “Sneak Sneak” by Arcee & Marvel from an upcoming project called Covert Ops.