One of my most coveted and celebrated musical finds is French DJ crew Birdy Nam Nam. These 4 chaps utilize turntables to record and perform music that can be classified as a mish-mash containing electro, funk, jazz, hip-hop, modern classical, etc. Whether you are indulging in one of their 3 albums (2 studio + 1 live) or scouring YouTube for footage of these dudes doing their thing on the wheels of steel, you'll be amazed by the medley that is created and the organic sound of music made by their gussied-up phonographs.Each member of Birdy Nam Nam is a bonafide assassin on the 1 & 2. The crew gained international notoriety in 2002 by winning the DMC Technics Team championship. Since this time, they have worked meticulously to hone the turntable skills they possess into methods to serve up musical offerings to whomever will listen. Their self-proclaimed goal is to utilize the turntable as an instrument itself. Which they do astonishingly well.
Looking toward future projects, the guys are looking to learn to play their own instruments, lay them down on wax and do ungodly things to those sounds using their gear. I long for the day when I will be in attendance at a Birdy Nam Nam concert. The music, to me, is comprised of everything that makes life wonderful: pure randomness that is harmonious in all its confusion. It doesn't get much better than this, obviously. For more information on BNN and to sample some of their tracks, click this word.
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