Kool Keith back as Dr Octagon

Kool Keith is working on the second Dr. Octagon album without his former partner, Gorillaz member and producer Dan the Automator. The album, the follow-up to 1996's critically acclaimed ‘Dr. Octagonecologyst’ is due for a Feb 2003 release on Rockwell Recordings. "I made up the name [Dr. Octagon]. That was my group," he told Rolling Stone. "I chose to bring Automator in to work on the project. I gave Automator his introduction to the music industry, gave him his first start. With this album, I will make another person and create another star." He would not give details on who those collaborators are, however. "This album is fine-tuned with instruments, deeper and more spaced out," he continued. "The last one was cool, but I didn't like it because it wasn't funky." The album is just one of Kool Keith’s current projects - he is also working on a solo album and an album with a group called KMH.