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Kid Koala Dec 28th While it didn't have quite the same pervasive cultural impact as say "Achy Breaky Heart" , in the world of turntablism, Kid Koala's "Drunken Trumpet" can be regarded as nothing less than a touchstone. One of the most technically proficient, innovative, and flat out entertaining turntablists in the world, Eric San (Kid Koala) has the deft ability to take a few turntables, a mixer, a stack full of records, and some well chosen visual accompaniment and turn it all into a full-on magic show. Sampling elements of hip hop, jazz, swing, blues, electronic, avant, pop, and folk, Kid Koala's seamless genre bending mixes often take on a life all their own (quite literally). Following a massive 90-date world tour (which included a stop at the 2007 Vancouver Jazz Festival) in suppor... more...