Foursome turnatblists Birdy Nam Nam live at Cargo on May 24t

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Hey all! If you like great turntablism live performance, go and see the french collective Birdy Nam Nam live at Cargo on May 26th! You won't be deceived by their amazing technical prowess, their energy and their inventiveness!!!

Here is a small presentation:
Birdy Nam Nam are essentially a ‘turntable band’, with the four key members, DJ Pone, DJ Need, Little Mike and Crazy B each manning a turntable, appearing in line onstage like a Kraftwerk for the b boy generation. Their sound incorporates elements of early electro, jazz, Numan-esque synth noir, hip hop, Gallic flavours, and whatever else they scratch into the mix.

Imagine, if you will, a cross between DJ Shadow, Fingathing, Andrea Parker, Depth Charge and Q Bert, using just turntables and a few bleepy-squelchy boxes, arranged and mixed like a band to create a full range of instruments from sampled sounds cut to vinyl. At points in the performance, the DJs’ sound slides up next to a full band, adding a jazzy, funky air to BNN’s way-out sounds. The band however, really come into their own when it is literally the four manning turntables.

[b]Check their web sites:
www.birdynamnam.com
www.myspace.com/birdynamnam
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