Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (album)
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is the first album of turntablist
Turntablism
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 Kid Koala
Kid Koala
Eric San , who records under the name Kid Koala, is a Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and an author of graphic novels. He is signed to the British record label Ninja Tune, is a member of alternative hip hop supergroup Deltron 3030, and The Slew with Dynamite D and former members of the...

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The track "Like Irregular Chickens" is a reference to fellow Ninja Tune artist Amon Tobin
Amon Tobin
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's track "Like Regular Chickens" on the album Permutation
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, which itself references the David Lynch
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 film Eraserhead
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The album was issued with a comic book drawn by Eric San himself. It detailed a DJ captured by a corporation, shrunken down to 1/10 his original size, and placed in a box of fictional Disco -o- Flakes cereal. He breaks out of the box four years later and struggles to become a DJ.

Track listing

  1. "Strut Hear"
  2. "Nerdball"
  3. "Fender Bender"
  4. "Drunk Trumpet"
  5. "Roboshuffle"
  6. "Barhopper 1"
  7. "Music For Morning People"
  8. "Naptime"
  9. "A Night At The Nufonia"
  10. "Temple Of Gloom"
  11. "Scurvy"
  12. "Like Irregular Chickens"
  13. "Barhopper 2"
  14. "Roll Credits"
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