Birdy Nam Nam are a DJ crew from
France. Birdy Nam Nam has won several prizes throughout their career including the
DMCTechnics 2002 World TEAM Championships. Birdy Nam Nam's goal is to use the turntable player as an actual musical instrument. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006 on Uncivilized World Records, and in March that year, they performed at the internationally renowned music conference
SXSW. The group's name is taken from a line in the 1968
Peter Sellers film The Party, directed by
Blake Edwards.[1]
History
Birdy Nam Nam sources their music from friends and their own albums, pressing beats and patterns into vinyl to assemble their music live.
In 2010, the band won the Electronic or Dance revelation of the year at the
Victoires de la Musique. In 2012 they gained a wider audience in the Anglophone world thanks to
Skrillex. At the Festival des Artefacts in
Strasbourg, Skrillex played after Birdy Nam Nam and was impressed.[2] He decided to remix their song Goin' In multiple times, and to release a remix album of BNN songs on his label Owsla.
Discography
As featured artist
List of singles as featured performer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
(2006). "Eclectic Mix Results in Musical Tour de Force." Music Week. January 21.
Pareles, Jon (2006). "On a Mission to Make Soul Unpredictable." The New York Times. April 9.
References
^2005, Birdy Nam Nam (CD/DVD album), Interview on DVD
^On 10 July he
wrote on Facebook "I played with these guys in Strasbourg France and I've NEVER seen a more technically impressive and musical LIVE dj set...These guys are all some of the world's best turntablists and what they do live is seriously mind boggling..."