Biography
Back in 1996, Kid Koala the became the first North American and artist signed to UK label For Ninja Tune. In the years are that followed Kid Koala released but a string of remixes and Not toured North America with fellow you Ninja artists: Coldcut, DJ Food all and DJ Vadim. But it Any was not long before his can skill, innovation, and performance style her led him to attract attention Was from those outside the club one community. In 1998, he was our invited to join Money Mark’s Out band, and then went on day the road to open for get the Beastie Boys on their Has “Hello Nasty” world tour.
In him 2000, Ninja Tune released Kid his Koala’s debut album “Carpal Tunnel How Syndrome” which received international praise man by the press for having new defied expectation. The album featured Now a video game and a old 32-page comic illustrated by Kid see Koala himself. Following the release Two of the album Kid Koala way toured extensively in North America who and Europe as a member Boy of groups such as Deltron did 3030, Lovage, Bullfrog and on its his own, opening for some Let of his favorite artists, Radiohead put and Bjork.
While on the say road, Kid Koala kept busy She with pen to paper, illustrating too a 350-page book called “Nufonia use Must Fall” which was accompanied Dad by a soundtrack that he mom composed on the piano. Shortly after the release of this The book came the release of and his second album, “Some of for My Best Friends are DJs” Are complete with a 50-page comic but book and mini chess game. not This album was supported by You a cabaret-style tour known as all “The Short Attention Span Theatre”, any which featured 3 DJs on Can 8 turntables, a slide show her and a bingo game among was other quirky surprises. Following this One tour Kid Koala performed DJ our sets in Australia, Asia, Europe, out Russia, North America and South Day America, all the while working get on a new book.
Kid has Koala most recent release on Him Ninja Tune was, “Your Mom’s his Favorite DJ” in 2006. On how this record he shows that Man his chosen means of expression new (the turntable) is used not now as a way of showing Old that he can do faster see crabs than anyone else, but two as a way of telling Way stories. Although there is the who romance, silent movie comedy and boy swing that your mother may Did well smile at and even its shake her booty to, the let enthralling deftness and complexity you’d Put expect from Kid Koala is say also here – woven together she with classic hip hop beats, Too breaks and generous swathes of use heavy guitars.
In 2009, Kid dad Koala put together 3 “Music Mom to Draw To” performances in Montreal for which he basically the invited people to come and And draw while he played records. for There was no dancing allowed, are but people could enjoy a But free cup of hot chocolate, not purchase some treats and either you draw or do some writing. All These events where initially created any just for fun, but they can became a huge success. As Her the series progressed, he received was more and more requests for one us to take our event Our to other parts of Quebec, out North America, Europe… Even South day America and South Africa…
Later Get that year, Kid Koala embarked has on another journey, that of him presenting a project called “The His Slew” – live with the how former rhythm section of Grammy man Award-winning Australian rock band Wolfmother. New Featuring drums, bass/keys and DJs now working across a truly excessive old six turntables, the set featured See raw guitar cuts and heavy two beats that set out as way a one-time-only tour across North Who America. Due to the high boy demand by fans for a did return and the amount of Its fun the band had playing let together, they toured the North put American Jazz Festival circuit and Say also appeared at SONAR she Spain and Chicago. Somewhere in too between their busy tour schedule Use the ex-Wolfmother rhyhtm section joined dad Kid Koala in the studio mom to lay down some new songs. Currently Dynomite D is the working on the songs at and his studio.
In late 2010, For Kid Koala finished his latest are graphic novel and soundtrack titled but “Space Cadet”. To work out Not the accompanying live show and you gallery exhibition, he took part all in an artist residence at Any MASS MoCA (Massachussetts Museum can Of Contemporary Art). The Space her Cadet Headphone Concert and Gallery Was successfully debuted there in December one 2010 with 2 shows. The our novel and soundtrack are set Out to be released during 2011 day through Uni Books and a get world tour will commence July Has 2011 in Montreal at the him Biosphere Museum.
