birdy nam nam!!
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Over at Corey Canada's page, I just came across Birdy Nam Nam, and let me just say: !!
Winners of the 2002 DMC World Champs (Team), these skinny Frenchies have gone on to make some truly excellent turntable-based downtempo funky hop, all mixed and executed live. Looks like Little Mike leads the fray in scratch technique, soloing frequently and ad-libbing with amazingly tight rhythms and excellent pitch control. The other three members (Pone, Need, Crazy B) create complex, layered arrangements - and each of them is as skilled as the next, all able to hold a solo. But their real strength is as an ensemble: their timing is so spot-on, the songs almost sound produced. I would have trouble believing that they were created in real-time, if I wasn't watching it on video...So the next step was to listen to their music without watching. With the visual intrigue removed, can these songs stand up to comparison with studio-produced electronica?After listening a few times, I've decided: yes, they can. The arrangements are necessarily simpler than a lot of the music I listen to - most notably, there can only be four elements at any one time - but the squirminess of the juggled beats, the sliding pitch, and the little inconsistencies in sound give this music the twisted, squirrely feel that can only come from live turntablism. That feel is one of the things I've always loved about Kid Koala's music, and I'm happy to say it comes across well here.I say, give these boys a couple samplers, some pedals, and a live vocalist or two, and they will take over the world.
Winners of the 2002 DMC World Champs (Team), these skinny Frenchies have gone on to make some truly excellent turntable-based downtempo funky hop, all mixed and executed live. Looks like Little Mike leads the fray in scratch technique, soloing frequently and ad-libbing with amazingly tight rhythms and excellent pitch control. The other three members (Pone, Need, Crazy B) create complex, layered arrangements - and each of them is as skilled as the next, all able to hold a solo. But their real strength is as an ensemble: their timing is so spot-on, the songs almost sound produced. I would have trouble believing that they were created in real-time, if I wasn't watching it on video...So the next step was to listen to their music without watching. With the visual intrigue removed, can these songs stand up to comparison with studio-produced electronica?After listening a few times, I've decided: yes, they can. The arrangements are necessarily simpler than a lot of the music I listen to - most notably, there can only be four elements at any one time - but the squirminess of the juggled beats, the sliding pitch, and the little inconsistencies in sound give this music the twisted, squirrely feel that can only come from live turntablism. That feel is one of the things I've always loved about Kid Koala's music, and I'm happy to say it comes across well here.I say, give these boys a couple samplers, some pedals, and a live vocalist or two, and they will take over the world.
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