From Jeff Waye Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 23:15
From Jeff Waye Sent Thu, Nov 6th 1997, 23:15
>> > Q-bert shits on Kid Koala from a height in my opinion.... >> > and Koala is pretty good :-) >> >> This is about the funniest thing I've heard all week. >> >> Went and saw the ninja boys three nights ago, and your dead wrong. > >> First off, he's just a kid...and a damn nice one at that, not once >> ounce >> of attitude. He just loves to get up there and fuck shit up. > >I have total respect for Kid Koala, hes certainly got mad skills.... i >personally >find his stuff a bit cliched. I really dont like the ninja tune style >..so all those >wacky vocal samples on the ninja 10" start to get a bit annoying after a > >few listens. I dig Q-bert for the way he switches time signatures all >the time >easily skipping between 4/4, 3/4 and 7/8, plus he can do a whole set >with >just one record.... or two copies of one record. But then ive never seen > >either live, plenty of videos and mixtapes. so im basing my judgement on > >how they sound rather than perform (both of which are equally valid i >guess) >kid koala could be a better performer for the crowds, but id rather >watch >Q-bert standing there composed with that look on his face any day >:-).... Eric (Kid Koala) would be the first one to admit that Q-Bert is a more skilled scratch-DJ than himself. For me (and the reason we signed Kid Koala) Koala has a much better composition style to what he does. He's not really a battle DJ at all, he's a wicked performer/DJ/recording artists who also has some mad scratching skills. He basically reminds us of where Coldcut were at 8 years ago. If you want young, you should check out Montreal's other finest A-Trak. World DMC champ at 15 years old. A-Trak and Koala did a blinding set together at the Deep Concentration show here in Montreal a few weeks ago. Cut Chemist rocked that night hard in my opinion. Started off by recreating 'Adventures on the Wheels of Steel' on 4 decks, moved to some hiphop classics, latin-jazz, funk, and ended up by throwing down the Mohawks 'The Champ' (always cracks me up when this goes down and there is that split second of people always screaming because they think it's KRS, and then they get all confused, same thing when he dropped Caravan by Liquid Liquid). Anyway, it ain't always about the scratch. Anyone else get the feeling sometimes at these scratch DJ shows that you might as well be at a Joe Satriani gig in the '80's with all those air scratches replacing the air guitaring.