Engineered as a stage show – after a documentary film that Kid Koala and Dynomite D had been working on had been canned – Kid Koala has brought his uncanny turntable manipulation to the stage once again to bring a killed project back to life.
Koala and Dynomite D met the former rhythm section of Grammy Award winning Australian rock band Wolfmother and told them of the lost film and their desire to resurrect the music. Chris Ross and Myles Heskett loved the clips and agreed to be involved, adding to the whole stage show. Featuring drums, bass, keys and DJ’s working across a truly excessive six turntables, this is 70 minutes of heavy beats and raw guitar cuts.
Channeling every psychedelic rock band you could imagine (from Baby Grandmothers, Led Zeppelin to Weed) with a huge injection of funk and turntable wizardry, this makes for a raw rock ’n’ roll riot, heavy on the cut-up blues vocal vibe. This really is a wild ride, reinforcing the skills Kid Koala has, and also the notion that Wolfmother’s rhythm section really was the best thing about the band.
Initially released as a tour only CD-R, this recording has been available to download on numerous sites for a limited time. So go on – search it out, you won’t be disappointed.
OK, here it is here, available straight from Kid Koala’s website at http://nufonia.com/.
Wayne Stronell
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