''12 Bit Blues'' is a studio album by Canadian DJ
Kid Koala
Eric San (born December 5, 1974), aka Kid Koala, is a Canadian scratch DJ, music producer, theatre producer, film composer, multimedia-performer and visual artist. His career began as a scratch DJ in 1994. Kid Koala works with genres as eclectic ...
. It was released on the
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is an English independent record label based in London. It has a satellite office in Los Angeles. It was founded by Matt Black and Jonathan More (better known as Coldcut) and managed by Peter Quicke and others.
Inspired by a visit ...
label on September 17, 2012. It peaked at number 21 on ''
Billboard
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''s
Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart,
[ as well as number 6 on the Blues Albums chart.][
]
Recording
The album was recorded on an E-mu SP-1200, a 1987 drum machine and sampler known for its use in early hip hop.[ On the album, Kid Koala used it to manipulate old blues recordings. In making the album, Kid Koala did not use sequencing software, choosing instead to layer tracks of scratching and cutting on top of the manipulated blues samples.]
Critical reception
At Metacritic
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, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, ''12 Bit Blues'' received an average score of 80% based on 9 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[
'']PopMatters
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'' named it the 6th best Canadian album of 2012.
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
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2012 albums
Kid Koala albums
Ninja Tune albums