Birdy Nam Nam

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
Origin France
Genres Instrumental hip hop
Years active 2001–present
Labels Owsla
Members Crazy-B
DJ Need
Little Mike
Past members DJ Pone

Birdy Nam Nam are a DJ crew from France. Birdy Nam Nam has won several prizes throughout their career including the DMC Technics 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.

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. 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
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
 BEL (FL) CAN
 FRA NZ UK
"Wild for the Night"
(ASAP Rocky featuring Skrillex and 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

Other releases

  • "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 movie Transporter 3.

Awards

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

See also

Bibliography

  • (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.