{"id":38534,"date":"2023-01-02T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38534"},"modified":"2023-01-08T08:50:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T13:50:40","slug":"kid-koala-announces-new-double-lp-boardgame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38534","title":{"rendered":"Kid Koala announces new double LP + boardgame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three decades into an unparalleled career, Kid Koala continues to grow his immersive this-dimensional real-life cartoon musical universe with each orbit around the sun. The world renowned DJ, composer, and lifelong visual storyteller also known as<strong> <\/strong>Eric San has announced his latest foray into the depths of \u201c<em>creating things to joyfully connect people.<\/em>\u201d Entitled \u2018Creatures Of The Late Afternoon,\u2019 the new double album is the soundtrack to an accompanying board game centered around a cast of creatures who band together through the power of music to save their habitat from destruction. Built integrally into the vinyl gatefold jacket, the board game is set at a communal hub of DIY recording studios where various bands of creatures collaborate to explore different ways of expressing and enjoying music. <br><br><em>\u2018<\/em>Creatures Of The Late Afternoon\u2019 is what San calls <em>\u201ca journey through some of my favourite musical universes through the turntables.\u201d<\/em> What started as a testing ground for creating turntable tracks in different styles took shape as the score to an action film-inspired love story. The resulting album, a twenty-track two-disc set of instrumental jaunts, featured guest vocalists, and robot hotel interludes, <em>\u2018<\/em>Creatures Of The Late Afternoon\u2019 furthers Kid Koala\u2019s experimentation in electric, beat-driven, groove-laden, self-sampling, heartrending-even-if-its-heavy, purely beautiful music. <br><br>Leading up to the vinyl\u2019s full release on April 14, 2023, Kid Koala will reveal the album in four stages. The first EP is available for purchase now <a href=\"https:\/\/girlieaction.us1.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e&amp;id=3b989dbb2e&amp;e=3a430a552a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>, along with the first single from the album, <em>Jump &amp; Shuffle (Live At The Hardware Store)<\/em> \u2013 a classic Kid Koala track hearkening back to the infectious uprock atmosphere of the timeless <em>Skanky Panky<\/em> off <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Some Of My Best Friends Are DJs\u2019. Lead by layers of ensemble record scratching and warped whistle melodies, Kid Koala<strong> <\/strong>summons the creatures on this joyous and endlessly catchy strut in the late day sun. Listen to <em>Jump &amp; Shuffle (live at the Hardware Store)<\/em> via YouTube below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OWPnUCvFbp4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kid Koala says: <em>\u201cThis is the most playful and dynamic album I\u2019ve done to date. It was a fun time in the studio, exploring the writing\/recording process in this way. There is a wide range of moods on the tracks in terms of both energy and emotion and I\u2019m excited about how the music has turned out. Now I can\u2019t wait to get working on the stage production!\u201d<\/em><br><br>San performed and recorded all the instruments in his Montreal studio \u2013 including  turntables, piano, drums, bass, synthesizer, saxophone, trumpet, clarinet, vibraphone, hammond organ, electric guitar, clavinet, drum machine, tremoloa, banjo, upright bass, timpani, harmonica, theremin, wurlitzer electric piano, rhodes piano, CP70 piano, percussion, tape loop splicing, modular sequencing, modem, and effects \u2013 then cut the stems to vinyl on his homespun record lathe, and reassembled them on turntables into the uplifting yet sentimental sonic adventure at hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kidkoala.com\/product\/creatures2lpboardgame\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pre-order<\/a> vinyl with boardgame now<\/strong><br><br>Kid Koala has built an ever-expanding web of artistic universes that dart across disciplines yet always coalesce in Eric San\u2019s singular mindspace. Since starting as a scratch DJ in 1994, Kid Koala has transformed the turntable into a tool of expression, continuously challenging the idea of genre, always unfolding new pages of his singular artistic roadmap. Already including a constellation of immersive visual projects like his theatrical cinema experiences <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Nufonia Must Fall\u2019 and <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>The Storyville Mosquito,\u2019 Kid Koala expresses his unique creative vision with a multidimensional intersection of sound, image, and emotion. From his award-winning graphic novel <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Space Cadet,\u2019 to the interactive audience rituals of his <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Vinyl Vaudeville\u2019 events, the <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Satellite Turntable Orchestra\u2019 launched from his ambient <strong><em>\u2018<\/em><\/strong>Music To Draw To\u2019 records, plus the breakdance video game \u2018Floor Kids,\u2019 each new addition to Kid Koala\u2019s portfolio charts a fascinating new course. The blueprint to a future stage show, <em>\u2018<\/em>Creatures Of The Late Afternoon<em>\u2019 <\/em>is an inspiring addition to Kid Koala\u2019s armful of spinning dubplates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mcusercontent.com\/1d59aca4aeedaab429816159e\/_compresseds\/cd0a16e3-ddf0-9851-e098-5e67e908acc7.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2018<\/em>Creatures Of The Late Afternoon<\/strong>\u2019<strong> track list<\/strong><br><br>1. Hear Now<br>2. 1000 Towns (feat. Coelacanth)<br>3. The Frequencies<br>4. Robohotel 1<br>5. Things Are Gonna Change (feat. Lealani)<br>6. Dusk<br>7. P@$SwErdD<br>8. When U Say Love (feat. Crayfish)<br>9. Highs, Lows &amp; Highways<br>10. Decades<br>11. Get Level (feat. Hammerhead)<br>12. Hyperion Station<br>13. Let\u2019s Go!<br>14. Jump &amp; Shuffle (live at the Hardware Store)<br>15. Once Upon a Time in the Northeast<br>16. The Cards (feat. Manta Ray)<br>17. Robohotel 2<br>18. Renaissance of Reconnaissance<br>19. Rise of the Tardigrades<br>20. Til We Meet Again (live at the Natural History Museum)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Three decades into an unparalleled career, Kid Koala continues to grow his immersive this-dimensional real-life cartoon musical universe with each orbit around the sun. 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