Kid Koala

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Image:KidKoala promophoto.jpgEric San (born 1974 in Vancouver, Canada), who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Montreal, Quebec based DJ and turntablist. He is signed to the British Ninja Tune record label and also tours and performs with a jam band, Bullfrog. He has also made appearances with many other artists and has made major contributions to Deltron 3030, Gorillaz, Lovage and numerous other bands.

San studied elementary education at McGill University. He is well known for his unusual and enigmatic style of turntablism, which uses an unusual collection of samples. He has been known to use samples from Charlie Brown, old comedy sketch routines, people sneezing, and people reading a menu in Cantonese. He is well known for his cheerful demeanor at concerts and having a fairly good sense of humour.

San is also an illustrator and an artist, having designed all of his album covers. A comic book drawn by him is included as the liner notes to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and he has released a full length graphic novel, Nufonia must fall, which includes a soundtrack CD composed by himself. Some of my Best Friends are DJs includes a chess set as part of the packaging. Image:Kid Koala album pic.jpg

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