Birdy Nam Nam is a group of DJs: Little Mike, DJ Pone, DJ Need and Crazy B. During the 1990's, the Americans DJ Q-Bert, Craze or A-Trak, used to appearing in the rankings, had to compromise with the young guard of French deejaying. That is the gigantic mutant crew that gave rise to Birdy Nam Nam, a group of 4 scratcher brothers trained for the 2002 World Championship, which they won right in stride. But afterwards? After the competitions, the titles, after the honors and the podium tops? Fortified by solo or team awards, a product of the most frantic kind of "turntablism", these unconquered characters do not stop halfway through. In the spirit of the American turntable experts (D-Styles, Excess, ...), raping obscure jazz records, appropriating the sole music of the 1970's and a few good breakbeats, they select just the right loop, the right rhythm, the perfect texture, which they expertly assemble. Like a six-minute free style number as a mandatory part of the World Championships, they are now giving birth to an initial album with no identifiable format. No compulsory figures here, and no time limitation. The symphony becomes the raw material, and Birdy Nam Nam's fingers develop a sound that is its alone. Birdy Nam Nam is the fruit of a logical development, the one that led Q-Bert from the World Championships to the Wave Twister album, the one that leads all instrumentalists from technique to music. In going beyond technique, the abandonment of the hyper-technical scratch sections, which they can also handle. Alternately gloomy or funky, shot through with electronic acids and methodical cuts, the Birdy Nam Nam sound doesn't give a dam about plucking a guitar or belting a cord on a Rhodes. It's able to decapitate the trumpets and slash the pianos, and its records contain the entire history of music. Those four no longer play records, they play music.

 

All acts on this roster are represented by Solar Penguin worldwide, except (*)

LIVE ACTS
Amos (Sounds Of Subterrania)
Arrested Development (Edel) *
At The Farewell Party
Bauchklang (Klein) *
Bubble Beatz *
Buscemi (Labels) *
Cargo City *
Cats On Fire *
Chromeo (V2) *
Dan Deacon *
Daniel Johnston
!dELAdAP (Chat Chapeau)
De La Soul *
Gasmac Gilmore *
George Clinton *
Gooseflash *
Holiday Fun Club (SoS)
IAMX (Major Rec)
Ipunx
King Automatic *
King Khan & The Shrines (Hazelwood)
The King Khan & BBQ Show (In The Red)
Kosheen PA/DJ-Set (Universal) *
Lapko *
Leningrad Cowboys *
Mardi Gras.BB (Hazelwood)
Mezcaleros
Mo` Horizons (Agogo)
Mon Roe (Roasting House)
My Robot Friend (Soma) *
Pest (Ninja Tune)
Pop Levi (Counter) *
Public Enemy *
Racoon (PIAS)
Reverend's Revenge (Hazelwood)
Rummelsnuff *
Russkaja (Chat Chapeau)
Smokestack Lightnin (Emi) *
Stateless (!K7) *
The Blue Sinners (Motor Digital)
The Fashion *
The Great Bertholinis (Hazelwood)
The Heavy (Counter) *
The Lemonheads *
The Low Frequency in Stereo *
Toni L & Safarisounds (360°)
Underwater Sleeping Society *
Urban Delights (Unique)
Velveteen *


DJs
4 Hero (Talkin' Loud) *
Adam Freeland (Marine Parade) *
Alex Gopher (V2 Music) *
Andy Fletcher (Depeche Mode) *
Aphrodite (Urban Takeover)*
Birdy Nam Nam *
Buscemi (Labels) *
Commix (Metalheadz)
Cyantific (Hospital) *
Dani Siciliano (!K7) *
Danny Byrd (Hospital) *
DJ Cam (Columbia) *
DJ Jazzy Jeff (Various) *
DJ Krush (Sony) *
DJ Marky (Brazil) *
DJ Patife (Brazil)*
DJ Premier (Gang Starr)*
Dub Pistols (Distinctive) *
Dunkelbunt *
Etienne de Crecy (V2) *
Freddy Fresh (Sony) *
Gilles Peterson (Talkin` Loud) *
Goldie (Metalheadz) *
Gooseflash *
Guns´n´Bombs (Kitsune Maison) *
Hacienda (Ministry Of Sound)
Hexstatic (Ninja Tune) *
High Contrast (Hospital) *
Julie Marghilano
Kenny "Dope" Gonzales (MAW) *
Knee Deep (Clubstar)
Kosheen DJs (Universal) *
Llorca (Fcom/Pias) *
Logistics (Hospital) *
"Little" Louie Vega (MAW) *
London Elektricity (Hospital) *
Louis Osbourne (Kingdom Come)
Martin L. Gore (Depeche Mode) *
Masters At Work (MAW) *
Michael Rütten (Compost)
Mickey Finn (Urban Takeover) *
Miguel Migs (Naked Music) *
Mo` Horizons (Agogo)
My Robot Friend (Soma) *
Nu:Tone (Hospital) *
Paco de la Cruz (Brazilectro)
Peter Hook (New Order/Joy Division) *
Plump DJs (Finger Licking) *
Shy FX (Digital Soundboy) *
Smith & Mighty (!K7)
Syncopix (Hospital)
Talvin Singh *
The Buttbrothers
The Freestylers DJs *
The Happy Mondays DJs *
Tomahawk (Hospital)
zero dB (Ninja Tune)*

MCs
J.MC
MC Tali (Full Cycle) *
MC Wrec (Hospital) *
Stamina MC *



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