Turntablists Kid Koala and DJ Food and beat-collage producer Amon Tobin will support their recent albums on Ninja Tune Records with a tour that kicks off May 3 in Montreal.

Although only Kid Koala will appear at all dates, the artists will share equal billing on the tour, which will feature music from Kid Koala's Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Feb. 22), DJ Food's Kaleidoscope, released Tuesday (April 4), and Amon Tobin's Supermodified (May 9).

Kid Koala (born Eric San) has been experimenting with hip-hop since the late '80s, and in 1997 he signed to Ninja Tune, which is owned by the legendary UK duo Coldcut. Kid Koala's debut EP, Scratchhappyland, was released later that year as a cassette and 10-inch and is considered a cult classic in the turntable-manipulation subculture.

Amon Tobin's meticulous fusion of drum & bass, hip-hop and Brazilian rhythms is among the most finely crafted in instrumental beat-collage music. His first single on Ninja Tune came out in 1996, followed by the Piranha Breaks EP and two successful albums, 1997's Bricolage and 1998's Permutation. His debut album, Adventures in Foam, was released under the moniker Cujo in 1996.

DJ Food, the abstract hip-hop production duo of PC (born Patrick Carpenter) and Strictly Kev (Kevin Foakes), began releasing their popular Jazz Brakes breakbeat albums — used for sampling and scratching, DJs called them "food" — in 1992 and followed them with the 1995 full-length, A Recipe for Disaster.

Ninja Tune tour dates:

Amon Tobin and Kid Koala

May 3; Montreal, Quebec; Club Soda

May 5; Ottawa, Ontario; Zaphod's

May 6; Hoboken, NJ; Maxwell's

May 7; Boston, Mass.; Middle East Cafe

May 8; New York, N.Y.; Bowery Ballroom

May 9; Baltimore, Md.; Fletches

May 11; Lawrence, Kan.; Bottle Neck

May 12; Boulder, Colo.; Fox Theatre

May 13–14; San Diego; Brick by Brick

May 15; Los Angeles; El Rey

Amon Tobin, DJ Food and Kid Koala

May 16; Santa Cruz, Calif.; Palookaville

May 17; San Francisco, Calif.; Bimbo's 365 Club

May 19; Portland, Ore.; Paradigm

May 20; Seattle, Wash.; Nation

DJ Food and Kid Koala

May 21; Victoria, British Columbia; Legends

May 22; Vancouver, British Columbia; Commodore Ballroom

May 24; Calgary, Alberta; Republik

May 25; Edmonton, Alberta; The Rev

May 26; Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Louis Pub

May 27; Winnipeg, Manitoba; Pyramid Club

May 28; Minneapolis, Minn.; First Avenue

May 29; Chicago; Ill.; Metro

May 30; Detroit, Mich.; St. Andrew's Hall

June 1; Toronto, Ontario; Phoenix

June 2; Kitchener, Ontario; Outdoor Block Party

June 3; Burlington, Ontario; Higher Ground

(This story was updated at 7:10 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, April 4, 2000.)