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    Kid Koala: 2 bit Blues

    Kid Koala figured he'd have to deliver about 8 million newspapers to save for a coveted E-mu SP-1200 sampler, the apex of hip-hop production. Now that he has one…

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    By Ariana Morgenstern • Oct 24, 2012 • 1 min read

    Long ago,

    Kid Koala figured he'd have to deliver about eight million newspapers to get the money to buy a coveted E-mu SP-1200 sampler, the apex of hip-hop production at the time. He never gave up on that dream and, now that he has one, he's created

    12 bit Blues, an album of bare bones blues with it. Today's Top Tune is "

    2 bit Blues."

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      Ariana Morgenstern

      Executive Producer, Music Department & Today's Top Tune

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