Birdy Nam Nam are a DJ crew from

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. 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

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. The group's name is taken from a line in the 1968

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film '' The Party'', directed by

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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

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. In 2012 they gained a wider audience in the Anglophone world thanks to

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. At the ''Festival des Artefacts'' in

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, 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

Albums

* ''Birdy Nam Nam'' (2005) * ''Live'' (2006) Recorded live on 28 June 2006 at

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(Paris) * ''

Manual For Successful Rioting ''Manual For Successful Rioting'' is the third album by French electronic turntable band Birdy Nam Nam. Released in 2009 with Has Been and Jive Sbme Europe on CD and LP formats, the record features production by Yuksek and includes co-production b ...

'' (2009) * ''

Defiant Order ''Defiant Order'' is the third studio album by French electronic turntable band Birdy Nam Nam. The album was released via Savoir Faire / SME France on 19 September 2011 and was re-released worldwide on 28 May 2013 through Owsla. A four-part series ...

'' (September 2011, re-released in 2013) * ''Dance or Die'' (2016)

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) *"

", 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 ''

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Awards

Independent Music Awards 2012: ''Defiant Order'' - Best Dance/Electronica Album"11th Annual Independent Music Awards Winners Announced!"
Independent Music Awards, 2 May 2012. Retrieved on 4 Sept. 2013.

Bibliography

*(2006). "Eclectic Mix Results in Musical Tour de Force." ''Music Week''. January 21. *Pareles, Jon (2006). "On a Mission to Make Soul Unpredictable." ''

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References

On July 17, 2009 they performed at

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External links

Official Website
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