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Interview: Kid Koala climbs to Shelter

Internationally-renown Eric San, who records under the name Kid Koala, is well known for his inventive style of turntablism, which uses an unusual collection of samples from sources like Charlie Brown television specials, old comedy sketch routines,... ...full story at Shanghaiist

from Shanghaiist on Fri, Oct 30 2009

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