The velocity control on this performance was ill. None of the others have I seen him match this one. As a comparatively whack turntablist, some days you’re in the zone and he was definitely in one that day! Legendary performance.
my friend, he's created a turntable solo!!! thats somethin you don't usually hear about. this man loves himself ol school new orleans jazz, he plays it well, and this man packs the house everytime he comes down here. actually, this man just played at preserveration hall with a jazz band who thought he was an amazin musician. new orleans loves this man, give him a chance. just lettin ya know.
-continued due to character limit- Scratching is not as easy as chucking a record on a turntable, going nuts with the crossfader and spinning the vinyl back and forth in a rapid motion. Every sound he cuts, scratches, mixes and juggles, is spot on. Step out of the box man.
Be nice! Koala is one of the coolest guys I know and if you knew him, you'd say the same. It's easy to observe his insane talent, but he surpasses his talents with much awesomeness and is a serious fan of music. Criticism totally validates his pure genius.
Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Dave Douglas, Kenny Wheeler, Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell, Lew Soloff, Tomasz Stanko, Tim Hagans, Louis Armstrong... Just to name a few.
Saw him open at liberty state park NJ for Radiohead. Just 4 weeks later half of the stages background would have fallen on 9-11-01. And the grass where we stood and saw Kid Koala amaze us would be a M*A*S*H unit. That only made that concert with him more amazing. I loved seeing him here live. I was right up by the stage at liberty so we saw him close. And on two giagantic Screens that belonged to Radiohead.
To all the people hating him right now...get a life..you try and do that and you will fail drastically. The kids got skills. Don't hate the player coz you got no game! SNM Beasties said his bit. Peace out!
As a matter of fact, he would most certainly have. He, like the others, has used existing material, and have played other musicians' creations, which is understandable if you look at the names of the ones he's been playing with. Instead of proving - again - that you don't know what you're talking about, I would recommend that you have a llok at his biography. And maybe, at a jazz-history book as well...
oh, c'mon! by "sample" i mean one particular sound. Like one note played by trumpet/piano/guitar. Many of this kind of artists use those "samples". So its like u would say, that Mozart used someone else's work, because he played same notes as his predecessors. There is a proverb in polish language: "O gustach sie nie dyskutuje", meaning: "It's pointless to argue about tastes". I like it, you don't - it's ok, as long as we can discuss with no hate. Oh - and it sounds great. :D
he's awesome. saw him open for Rabbit in the Moon in 2001. blew me away. much better than some asshole clapping his hands waiting for a four-on-the- floor beat to drop out so he can crossade to another record.
Ah... he knows my whole life story from a couple of sentences, genius! I have a job, which doesn't involve shoving my shitty opinion down peoples throats. Oh, and for the record, you can check peoples ages by clicking on their screen name. Just a tip ;) Nothing against you anyway... But you, of all people should know that different people like different music. Myself, I consider this not a work of art, but something this guy has worked very VERY hard at perfecting, and I can appreciate that.
i get djing... and I understand it is hard, at the same time I understand that I wouldn't wanna listen to this more than once... no offence to you or him, just saying that a dj should give u something to dance to...
K, why are you always here complaining? You've commented on this video so many times, it's like you're constantly here waiting for someone to say something positive so you can try to twist it into a burn. Lame.
i'll second that - if you don't like it, why do you bother listening to it over and over while you belittle other people for doing just that? nothing better to do, maybe?
dude, chill out. Are you sure, that he's only "using other peoples' work"? Maybe he just took some of their samples, and created his own "backing swing rhythm section" (like band called Skalpel does! - look it up, really worth it)? Don't be such a jerk and try be more open-minded. I am no big fan of "electric jazz", but I do find it entertaining and just fun. peace
You know, being close-minded and reactionary doesn't make you part of any elite (especially when we talk about music, and even more about Jazz), it just shows that you don't know what you're talking about... Oh, and if a DJ is not a musician (as you said, he's playing something that "isn't even technically an instrument."), then I assume you don't consider conductors as being musicians either?
tangneyk your holding on way to tight to your convictions bro. There are all types of art forms and that is what this is. Thanks for your opinion however don't over state yourself so that you sound like a hater.
"Why don't you go find some little kids and critique them while they bang on pots and pans?" That's what I've been doing. Now go back to playing/listening to "Guitar Hero"--which is pretty much equivalent to this shit--and leave the music to the musicians.
Why is it so bad to be a "hater"? There is no Quality. It doesn't sound good. Why am I labeled the jerk? Someday (hopefully) people who defend this, Brittany Spears, and Coca Cola will be labeled the jerks.
Ok... so he worked hard at it. It still comes down to whether it sounds good or not. And I'm sorry to say this does not. He's trying to sound like a jazz musician, and failing horribly. The articulation is not right. His sense of swing is way off. And his ideas are pretty lame.
It takes a lot of skill to be "playing jazz on a turntable like that"? How sad: To work that hard and sound so terrible. He's got a recording of a "swing" rhythm section 'backing' him, and he's 'freestyling' (whatever that means) jazz, so he should swing. Especially if they're using other peoples' work--and not playing something that "isn't even technically an instrument."
Using samples is using someone else's work! Christ, I don't even do this shit and have a better grasp of what it is than you guys. Why am I being a jerk? All you guys can do is say how great this is because it's so "groundbreaking" or some bullshit. Not one of you have said it SOUNDS great. Because it doesn't.
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LOVE the Kid for the Jazz and scratch....This kid can do the soundtrack to my life!
I first saw Kid Koala when he was with Bullfrog. He's still redefining his art. Keep it up, Kid!
The velocity control on this performance was ill. None of the others have I seen him match this one. As a comparatively whack turntablist, some days you’re in the zone and he was definitely in one that day! Legendary performance.
kid koala is pretty much amazing!! he is so talented... so amazing live too! awesome video
Oh man. This has got to be the best thing I've ever heard coming from a turn table.
my friend, he's created a turntable solo!!! thats somethin you don't usually hear about. this man loves himself ol school new orleans jazz, he plays it well, and this man packs the house everytime he comes down here.
actually, this man just played at preserveration hall with a jazz band who thought he was an amazin musician. new orleans loves this man, give him a chance.
just lettin ya know.
i love the way he's having os much fun with the track. it really gives it flavor.
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Scratching is not as easy as chucking a record on a turntable, going nuts with the crossfader and spinning the vinyl back and forth in a rapid motion. Every sound he cuts, scratches, mixes and juggles, is spot on.
Step out of the box man.
damn...... i love this. ive never heard mixing like this before.
Be nice! Koala is one of the coolest guys I know and if you knew him, you'd say the same. It's easy to observe his insane talent, but he surpasses his talents with much awesomeness and is a serious fan of music. Criticism totally validates his pure genius.
Such a performer. If Dr. Koala's a kid then I'm a fetus. Scratch that a twinkle.
Mad Respect.
lovin' it! Kid Koala is grand!
He should start calling himself "Dr. Koala." That name's just awesome.
Este wueon no puede ser más seco!
ojalá algún día se le ocurra estar de paso por Chile jajaj
this is dope. i like wallrides on skateboards also!
one fo my top fav songs ever:)koala´s got it:))
Freddie Hubbard, Miles Davis, Dave Douglas, Kenny Wheeler, Nicholas Payton, Wynton Marsalis, Clifford Brown, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Hargrove, Tom Harrell, Lew Soloff, Tomasz Stanko, Tim Hagans, Louis Armstrong... Just to name a few.
i lovvvve this song , basin street blues.
Kid Koala kickass,he's awesomome, rawr
i wish all trumpet players played like this
Saw him open at liberty state park NJ for Radiohead. Just 4 weeks later half of the stages background would have fallen on 9-11-01. And the grass where we stood and saw Kid Koala amaze us would be a M*A*S*H unit.
That only made that concert with him more amazing. I loved seeing him here live. I was right up by the stage at liberty so we saw him close. And on two giagantic Screens that belonged to Radiohead.
To all the people hating him right now...get a life..you try and do that and you will fail drastically. The kids got skills. Don't hate the player coz you got no game! SNM Beasties said his bit. Peace out!
Great tunes !
Maestro de maestros!
The track he is scratching is LL Cool J Going back to Cali. Really awesome skills.
amazing performance! :O bravo!! claps!
damn, im a metalhead but he rocks!!! nice skills
Agreed. Turning two decks into a full band is much harder than playing power chords on a guitar, and I don't see people deriding that.
I assure you, Miles would love it!!
nice, original. Good left but no right arm action. Big Applause - where was this?
strange this video is my video Man ! where do you get there ?lol
but no prob...could you sign "Flo video" ? thx
song is called drunk trompet no matter how your mp3 file is called... i was at his show and he called this song dunk trompet
actually he did not makes noise, he pitches the trumpet as he's playin it. he's damn good!
The crazy thing is I have never seen a video of him with headphones. He is essentially scratching blind, especially when he has 3 or more tables going
amazing skills :O
Skill Level-ASIAN!!
oh shit is right!!!! poor old dj chester - follow that!! ripped it up!!!
damn, wish i would have been there. great.
man he has alot of patience to make that
respect man, he knows how toik it
"Jazz is THE musical style where to use other people's stuff, it's all about it."
Miles wouldn't have agreed with you.
As a matter of fact, he would most certainly have. He, like the others, has used existing material, and have played other musicians' creations, which is understandable if you look at the names of the ones he's been playing with.
Instead of proving - again - that you don't know what you're talking about, I would recommend that you have a llok at his biography. And maybe, at a jazz-history book as well...
Kid Koala is TOO fucking nice.
oh, c'mon!
by "sample" i mean one particular sound. Like one note played by trumpet/piano/guitar. Many of this kind of artists use those "samples". So its like u would say, that Mozart used someone else's work, because he played same notes as his predecessors.
There is a proverb in polish language: "O gustach sie nie dyskutuje", meaning: "It's pointless to argue about tastes". I like it, you don't - it's ok, as long as we can discuss with no hate.
Oh - and it sounds great. :D
Most of the time, the Kid uses custom-made vinyls with his sounds on them.
wow hes like a DJ jazz musician holly crap hahaha
koala is the MAN
kudos muh mann, cuz it's total orchestral-0maneuvering also... it does TAKE one to know ONE's craft i guess??
I dunno shit about scratching but that looks cool
he's awesome. saw him open for Rabbit in the Moon in 2001. blew me away. much better than some asshole clapping his hands waiting for a four-on-the- floor beat to drop out so he can crossade to another record.
uhoh, not another one of those crazy sound effect records
"Why don't you go find some little kids and critique them while they bang on pots and pans"?
I thought that was what I was doing.
wow, that was cool....
IM A TRY THAT GOING BACK TO CALI RIFF HUH
yeah, i bet you don't! kid koala rules all your base. belongs to us!
grandeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
lol its called turntablism lol its beyond mixing ma man
if you actually listen the only thing that is another tune is the backing track, all the tune comes from him
awesome tech
damn... fuckin damn
I LOVE IT!!
Ah... he knows my whole life story from a couple of sentences, genius!
I have a job, which doesn't involve shoving my shitty opinion down peoples throats.
Oh, and for the record, you can check peoples ages by clicking on their screen name. Just a tip ;)
Nothing against you anyway... But you, of all people should know that different people like different music. Myself, I consider this not a work of art, but something this guy has worked very VERY hard at perfecting, and I can appreciate that.
this looks like the whitehorse yukon show..i wus there..ill son
:D ah sweet ...
nutty
no head phones... werd up to 3030
i get djing... and I understand it is hard, at the same time I understand that I wouldn't wanna listen to this more than once... no offence to you or him, just saying that a dj should give u something to dance to...
Jazz festival? Where's the jazz?
That scares me.
word...biter.....check the original Dj Quest...
the original..people..know your history..
eddie def, Quest, Cue, Dj Marz...bullet Proof
Your question doesn't make sense. Am I what?
he's not using phones cause he wants to play like jazz, using improvisation. :D r0cks
its not :] but still nice comment
K, why are you always here complaining? You've commented on this video so many times, it's like you're constantly here waiting for someone to say something positive so you can try to twist it into a burn. Lame.
Sick as Shit!
oooh people PAY you??
They're gettin ripped off... BAD.
Turntablism isn't really a form of "mixing" per se.
f@*k me kid koala rocks any one got any tips for me. where to get this sort of tunes from
Kinda like you, except without the hard work.
I disagree. A DJ isn't just there for the sole reason of providing dancing music. Anyone can do that.
borec
i'll second that - if you don't like it, why do you bother listening to it over and over while you belittle other people for doing just that? nothing better to do, maybe?
dude, chill out.
Are you sure, that he's only "using other peoples' work"? Maybe he just took some of their samples, and created his own "backing swing rhythm section" (like band called Skalpel does! - look it up, really worth it)?
Don't be such a jerk and try be more open-minded. I am no big fan of "electric jazz", but I do find it entertaining and just fun.
peace
@TosserBastad when ur too drunk to spell crumpet.
You know, being close-minded and reactionary doesn't make you part of any elite (especially when we talk about music, and even more about Jazz), it just shows that you don't know what you're talking about...
Oh, and if a DJ is not a musician (as you said, he's playing something that "isn't even technically an instrument."), then I assume you don't consider conductors as being musicians either?
tangneyk your holding on way to tight to your convictions bro. There are all types of art forms and that is what this is. Thanks for your opinion however don't over state yourself so that you sound like a hater.
That's fine. But it should sound good. This doesn't.
"Why don't you go find some little kids and critique them while they bang on pots and pans?"
That's what I've been doing.
Now go back to playing/listening to "Guitar Hero"--which is pretty much equivalent to this shit--and leave the music to the musicians.
I appreciate the fact that scratching is hard, but why choose a shitty song to scratch?
Why is it so bad to be a "hater"? There is no Quality. It doesn't sound good. Why am I labeled the jerk? Someday (hopefully) people who defend this, Brittany Spears, and Coca Cola will be labeled the jerks.
So Miles using other people's tunes is the same thing as this clown sampling? Come on man... You can do better than that!
Ok... so he worked hard at it. It still comes down to whether it sounds good or not. And I'm sorry to say this does not. He's trying to sound like a jazz musician, and failing horribly. The articulation is not right. His sense of swing is way off. And his ideas are pretty lame.
It takes a lot of skill to be "playing jazz on a turntable like that"? How sad: To work that hard and sound so terrible.
He's got a recording of a "swing" rhythm section 'backing' him, and he's 'freestyling' (whatever that means) jazz, so he should swing. Especially if they're using other peoples' work--and not playing something that "isn't even technically an instrument."
Using samples is using someone else's work! Christ, I don't even do this shit and have a better grasp of what it is than you guys.
Why am I being a jerk? All you guys can do is say how great this is because it's so "groundbreaking" or some bullshit. Not one of you have said it SOUNDS great. Because it doesn't.
sorry but this will never approach the artistry or musicality of a good jazz musician....
So Miles using other people's tunes is the same thing as this clown sampling? Come on man... You can do better than that!