French quartet Birdy Nam Nam already shook up the Rockhal back in 2010 with their presence at the 24H Electroniques, where they caused mayhem and confirmed their high profile status on stage. Next year the 4 turntable maestros are returning with their long awaited album “Defiant Order”. On 21 March 2012, the collective will throw their heavy motorized electro beats to the audience of the Rockhal.

Since 2002, DJ Pone, Crazy-B, Little Mike and DJ Need, aka Birdy Nam Nam, established scratches that match their talents, to bring a unique, punchy stance to the industry. They have been following their common dream ever since: liberating themselves from the prescribed techniques and clichés of hip-hop, while breathing a deep breath of rhythm to the fragile art of turntablism. They have been collaborating with French house artists like Justice and Yuksek, and their song “Trans Boulogne Express” appeared in the movie Transporter 3. In 2010, BNN won a “Victoires de la Musique” award in the electronic music category, the French equivalent of a Grammy award, beating out David Guetta.

This year, they returned to their studio to record their third album with Parisian producer Para One. The boys and he shared common roots in hip-hop, and their unified taste for a wild synthesis of genres and vibes. The result is a rich, versatile creature, born from a continuous workout from the five artists. Their last album “A Manual for Successful Rioting” was full of straightforward, cathartic numbers, now “Defiant Order” is more into oblique, obsessive rhythms.

Birdy Nam Nam further owes their success to their impressive live shows. Using turntables as actual instruments, the collective press beats and pattern samples onto vinyl, and somehow manage to make four guys standing in a row behind the turntables look sexy.

That very charisma is what will be displayed at the Rockhal on 21 March 2012, as Birdy Nam Nam spins a progressive and hypnotic set and will offer a remarkable show, likely to amaze the audience.

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