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Birdy Nam Nam
From left to right: Crazy B, DJ Need, Little Mike, DJ Pone
From left to right: Crazy B, DJ Need, Little Mike, DJ Pone
Background information
OriginFrance
GenresInstrumental hip hop
Years active2001–present
LabelsOwsla
MembersCrazy-B
DJ Need
Little Mike
Past membersDJ Pone

Birdy Nam Namare a DJ crew fromFrance.Birdy Nam Nam has won several prizes throughout their career including theDMCTechnics2002 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 conferenceSXSW.The group's name is taken from a line in the 1968Peter SellersfilmThe Party,directed byBlake Edwards.[1]

History

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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 theElectronic or Dance revelation of the yearat theVictoires de la Musique.In 2012 they gained a wider audience in the Anglophone world thanks toSkrillex.At theFestival des ArtefactsinStrasbourg,Skrillex played after Birdy Nam Nam and was impressed.[2]He decided to remix their songGoin' Inmultiple times, and to release a remix album of BNN songs on his label Owsla.

Discography

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List of singles as featured performer, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[3] 		BEL (FL) CAN
[4] 		FRA NZ UK
"Wild for the Night"
(ASAP RockyfeaturingSkrillexand Birdy Nam Nam) 		2013 80 63 65 169 38 43 Long. Live. ASAP
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Albums

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Other releases

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  • "Jazz It At Home" / "Body, Mind, Spirit" (vinyl)
  • "Engineer Fear" (maxi vinyl)
  • "The First Break Beat" (vinyl)
  • "Trans Boulogne Express", December 2007 (maxi single)
  • "Worried", (EP)
  • "The Parachute Ending" (vinyl)
  • "Goin' In", September 2011 (EP)
  • "Jaded Future", 17 July 2012 (EP)
  • "Defiant Order",22 January 2013 (EP)
  • "Defiant Order Remixes Project Vol. I: DJ Pone Selects", 7 July 2013 (EP)
  • "Defiant Order Remixes Project Vol. II: DJ Need Selects", 14 July 2013 (EP)
  • "Defiant Order Remixes Project Vol. III: Crazy B Selects", 21 July 2013 (EP)
  • "Defiant Order Remixes Project Vol. IV: Lil' Mike Selects", 28 July 2013 (EP)

Birdy Nam Nam's song "Trans Boulogne Express" received mainstream recognition after it appeared in the movieTransporter 3.

Awards

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Independent Music Awards 2012:Defiant Order- Best Dance/Electronica Album[10]

See also

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Bibliography

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  • (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

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  1. ^2005, Birdy Nam Nam (CD/DVD album), Interview on DVD
  2. ^On 10 July hewrote 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..."
  3. ^"A$AP Rocky – Chart History: Hot 100".Billboard.Prometheus Global Media.RetrievedMarch 12,2013.
  4. ^Peak chart positions for singles as a featured artist in Canada:
  5. ^"Gold & Platinum Searchable Database – A$AP Rocky".Recording Industry Association of America.Archived fromthe originalon June 30, 2013.RetrievedMay 4,2013.
  6. ^"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2016 Singles".Australian Recording Industry Association.Archived fromthe originalon March 11, 2016.RetrievedMarch 13,2016.
  7. ^"Certificeringer - A$AP Rocky".IFPI Denmark.RetrievedSeptember 21,2016.
  8. ^"Gold/Platinum - Music Canada".Music Canada.RetrievedMay 16,2015.
  9. ^"Birdy Nam Nam – Live".Discogs.Retrieved1 July2010.
  10. ^"11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!"Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.

On July 17, 2009 they performed atVieilles Charrues.

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