12 Bit Blues

12 Bit Blues is a studio album by Canadian DJ Kid Koala. It was released on the Ninja Tune label on September 17, 2012.^[1] It peaked at number 21 on Billboard's Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart,^[2] as well as number 6 on the Blues Albums chart.^[3]

12 Bit Blues
Studio album by Kid Koala
Released	September 17, 2012 (2012-09-17)
Length	41:15
Label	Ninja Tune
Kid Koala chronology
Your Mom's Favorite DJ (2006) 12 Bit Blues (2012) Music to Draw To: Satellite (2017)

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.^[4] On the album, Kid Koala used it to manipulate old blues recordings.^[5] 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.^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100[7]
Review scores
Source	Rating
ABC News	favorable[8]
AllMusic	[6]
BBC	favorable[4]
MSN Music (Expert Witness)	A−[9]
Now	favorable[10]

At Metacritic, 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".^[7]

PopMatters named it the 6th best Canadian album of 2012.^[11]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"1 Bit Blues (10,000 Miles)"	4:01
2.	"2 Bit Blues"	3:28
3.	"3 Bit Blues"	2:56
4.	"4 Bit Blues"	3:54
5.	"5 Bit Blues"	4:37
6.	"6 Bit Blues"	4:27
7.	"7 Bit Blues"	4:32
8.	"8 Bit Blues (Chicago to NY to LA)"	4:10
9.	"9 Bit Blues"	2:16
10.	"10 Bit Blues"	2:08
11.	"11 Bit Blues"	3:14
12.	"Denouement"	1:37

Charts

Chart	Peak position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[2]	21
US Blues Albums (Billboard)[3]	6