Kid Koala

TORONTO! MAY 11+12! FREE! we are hosting a pop-up FLOOR KIDS arcade at the Comics x Games exhibit at TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL! PLUS a MUSIC TO DRAW TO SESSION! details at @torontocomics !! @floorkidsuniverse @musictodrawto @artsandcrafts

LOTR

her first day at the skate park!

a moment of solitude 🐙⚓️

thank you all for playing with us at 7 x sold out #Satellite #TurntableOrchestra concerts at @firstontpac You all sounded beautiful! ❤️heading to DC (@milkboyarthouse @univofmaryland) and Chapel Hill (@current_unc @uncchapelhill) starting next week! still some tix at kidkoala.com 📷@lacievdub

St. Catharines

Gettin’ dusty in St. Catharines! Both #TurntableOrchestra shows are sold out tonight! see you soon! still tix for Maryland (next week) and North Carolina (in May).

filming more of the trance octopus DJ tour mockumentary in Niagara Falls...

ALL 5 shows today/tomorrow are SOLD OUT in St. Catharines! still some tix for MD and NC. @milkboyarthouse and @current_unc @uncchapelhill kidkoala.com/upcoming-events

😱 This thing sounds incredible! Acoustic bellows/reeds mixed with your synths! Hybrid acoustic/digital Shruthi box developed by Gurpreet Chana (@soniclenz) and mad musical scientist Matt Borland! They brought this prototype of their “HYBRID MODIFIED SHRUTHI BOX” over to the show today for me to try it out! Infinite possibilities here! To find out more about this instrument contact @soniclenz

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7 performances starting tonight at @firstontpac GET READY! #Satellite #TurntableOrchestra

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morning talk shows always have a serious donut game!

we’ll make some music together! Kid Koala #Satellite #TurntableOrchestra April 18-20 @firstontpac // April 26 @milkboyarthouse // May 2-4 @current_unc // see you soon! kidkoala.com/upcoming-events

An inspiring and informative interview with the one and only Money Mark! https://www.lataco.com/my-favorite-taco-money-mark-an-exclusive-interview-with-the-long-time-beastie-boys-collaborator/

Story time! Here is a picture of my studio circa 2006. It was in a little room on the 2nd floor of a small 2 story building in downtown Montreal. I recorded “Your Mom’s Favorite DJ” here on a 24 track reel to reel machine. Mix engineer @vidcousins and I did the final mix on an old Ward Beck console with no automation. We had to practice the mixes and do all the pans and EQs live. Those of you who know the record know there were a lot of little layers and things zapping in and flying around the mix. While I was recording it I never really kept track of what track number certain sounds and layers were on, I would just record it wherever there was space on the tape. So for example, track 8 might have a guitar scratch AND a water buffalo sound on it within a few seconds or bars of each other. We had to remember them all and push/duck faders and pans and reverb sends etc. during the mixdown. By today’s standards, it seems like an antiquated way to mix a record... but damn was it fun! We had to focus like crazy as if each mix was a live show... and if we messed up, we’d have to rewind the reel to reel and start it all over again. Often we would work until 4 or 5 in the morning. There was a 24-hour diner called Moe’s a couple blocks away where we could go for late night eats. We would only go if we had nailed one of the mixes and earned a “mix victory” meal. I would usually get an apple juice and a club sandwich. I no longer have a studio there and Moe’s Diner closed years ago, but I have fond memories of those times! This photo was taken by my writer/photographer friend @paullabonte who was also responsible for taking all the tour photos and writing the liner notes in the booklet for that album. I’m feeling very blessed to have had these opportunities to work with such fun and talented friends over the years. And for those of you out there listening to the records, reading the books, coming to the shows, playing the video games, your time and smiles are appreciated more than you know. thank you. e

you can tell by the way I use my walk... 🚶‍ testing a new sidewalk device Joseph Gagné built for a scene in #TheStoryvilleMosquito tix to the world premiere at Place Des Arts: facebook.com/events/2383874754967060/

Satellite #TurntableOrchestra tour starts Thursday! see you soon St. Catharinres, DC, Chapel Hill! 📷: @ajmakesthings

Got sent this beautiful sounding/looking record from our friends at Dries Van Noten (@driesvannoten) It’s their first vinyl catalog # DVN001! Print designs for the collection and the album art were made in collaboration with the @vernerpantonofficial estate. It includes music from the soundtrack to the Men’s Spring-Summer 2019 collection and a book of pictures from the show by @tommyton Congrats on the record everyone! #driesvannoten #dvn #dvnrecord #dvnvinyl #limitededition #transcription #turntable #vinyl

prop builder Alizee Millot is building a miniature vibraphone for #TheStoryvilleMosquito ! https://placedesarts.com/en/event/kid-koala-storyville-mosquito

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YOUR MOM’S FAVORITE DJ. just in time for #MothersDay a recording by Kid Koala. now back at the store! https://kidkoala.store-08.com/music/kidk050013-kid-koala-your-mom-s-favorite-dj-cd/

2019 Satellite #TurntableOrchestra shows start this week! see you soon! Ontario, Maryland, North Carolina! kidkoala.com