Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (album)
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | ||||
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Studio album by Kid Koala | ||||
Released | 22 February 2000 | |||
Recorded | ? | |||
Genre | turntablism, Hip hop | |||
Length | 37:50 | |||
Label |
Ninja Tune ZEN34 (LP) ZENCD034 (CD) | |||
Producer | Kid Koala, except 6 and 13 by Bullfrog | |||
Kid Koala chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Almost Cool | 7/10 link |
Allmusic | link |
PopMatters | favourable link |
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the first album of turntablist Kid Koala.
The record was made by hand-cutting vinyl records onto an eight-track recorder without computer splicing or samplers. The album took Eric San 4 years to record, more than the 6 months he originally told Ninja Tunes it would take.[1]
The album was issued with a comic book drawn by Eric San himself. It detailed a DJ captured by a corporation, shrunken down to 1/10 his original size, and placed in a box of fictional Disco -o- Flakes cereal. He breaks out of the box four years later and struggles to become a DJ. The CD is enhanced with a video game modeled on Asteroids called "Vinoids," in which you have to destroy radioactive records before they reach Earth.
The track "Like Irregular Chickens" is a reference to fellow Ninja Tune artist Amon Tobin's track "Like Regular Chickens" on the album Permutation, which itself references the David Lynch film Eraserhead.
Track listing
- "Strut Hear" (0:59)
- "Nerdball" (1:43)
- "Fender Bender" (3:54)
- "Drunk Trumpet" (2:57)
- "Roboshuffle" (2:40)
- "Barhopper 1" (1:58)
- "Music For Morning People" (3:47)
- "Naptime" (1:34)
- "A Night At The Nufonia" (3:53)
- "Temple Of Gloom" (4:16)
- "Scurvy" (4:16)
- "Like Irregular Chickens" (1:55)
- "Barhopper 2" (3:13)
- "Roll Credits" (0:49)
References
- ↑ "Classic album: Kid Koala on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome" www.musicradar.com, accessed October 2, 2014
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