BIRDY NAM NAM
are a DJ crew from France whose members are Crazy-B, DJ Pone, DJ Need, and Little Mike. Birdy Nam Nam have 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 of that year, they performed at the internationally-renowned music conference SXSW. The group's name is taken from a line in the 1968 Peter Sellers film The Party, directed by Blake Edwards.
[wiky]
from the album: Birdy Nam Nam (2005)
and an Amazing Live set!!!
Discography
* Birdy Nam Nam (2005)
* Live (2006) Recorded live on June 28th 2006 at "La Cigale" (Paris)[2]
* Manual for successful rioting (2009)
* Birdy Nam Nam (2010)
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
∑∑∑∑ Crunch & Taste from Holland ≤≤≤≤ Kraak&Smaak
KRAAK & SMAAK
Heineken, Van Gogh, Kraak & Smaak. The three most famous things to come out of Holland. Ever.
In that order.
Ok so maybe a bit of an exaggeration but the last couple of years have been an incredible ride for the Dutch producer trio, and as djs and band.
After dropping a number of now heavily sought after 12”s from 2003 onwards, in 2006 they released their debut album Boogie Angst, which led to worldwide support from the funk and electronic community. Radio tastemakers like Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong in the UK and Jason Bentley in LA followed suit, which meant that there was a global demand for their sound and so their UK label Jalapeno quickly did deals with in the US, Benelux and Japan to make sure they worked with the best independent networks in the world.
In 2008 they released their second album Plastic People, which gave them the worldwide hit Squeeze Me, featuring one of their favourite UK vocalists, Ben Westbeech. Picked up by the international breakdance community, it sold 70,000+ downloads in the USA and earned them a live appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, one of the most popular entertainment shows in the USA. Moreover, it was accompanied by the now famous flipbook video that was given mad props by Perez Hilton and Kanye West a.o.:
Perez Hilton on his site: “We’ve got a new anthem y’all!!!!!!!! Say hello to Kraak & Smaak, one of the hottest groups around! Hailing from The Netherlands their music could best be described as Amy Winehouse meets Moby”.
This music video with its flipbook theme, directed by Dutchman Andre Maat, has won numerous international awards and many self-made videos for the track can be found on YouTube. Squeeze Me has since been also released in Italy (Time records, 2009) and Germany (Kontor records, 2010).
[www.kraaksmaak.com]
from the album: Plastic People (2003)
Discography
* Plastic People (Jalapeno Records UK, 2008)
* The Remix Sessions (Jalapeno Records UK, 2007; Quango Music USA, 2007)
* Boogie Angst (Jalapeno Records UK, 2005; P.I.A.S. Benelux, 2006; Quango Music USA, 2006; KSR Japan, 2006)
and they made so many f*** amazing Singles,EPs and hot RMX!!!
One of the classics and my favourite is
>>Mark Rae – Medicine (Grand Central UK, 2004)
Heineken, Van Gogh, Kraak & Smaak. The three most famous things to come out of Holland. Ever.
In that order.
Ok so maybe a bit of an exaggeration but the last couple of years have been an incredible ride for the Dutch producer trio, and as djs and band.
After dropping a number of now heavily sought after 12”s from 2003 onwards, in 2006 they released their debut album Boogie Angst, which led to worldwide support from the funk and electronic community. Radio tastemakers like Annie Nightingale and Pete Tong in the UK and Jason Bentley in LA followed suit, which meant that there was a global demand for their sound and so their UK label Jalapeno quickly did deals with in the US, Benelux and Japan to make sure they worked with the best independent networks in the world.
In 2008 they released their second album Plastic People, which gave them the worldwide hit Squeeze Me, featuring one of their favourite UK vocalists, Ben Westbeech. Picked up by the international breakdance community, it sold 70,000+ downloads in the USA and earned them a live appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Show, one of the most popular entertainment shows in the USA. Moreover, it was accompanied by the now famous flipbook video that was given mad props by Perez Hilton and Kanye West a.o.:
Perez Hilton on his site: “We’ve got a new anthem y’all!!!!!!!! Say hello to Kraak & Smaak, one of the hottest groups around! Hailing from The Netherlands their music could best be described as Amy Winehouse meets Moby”.
This music video with its flipbook theme, directed by Dutchman Andre Maat, has won numerous international awards and many self-made videos for the track can be found on YouTube. Squeeze Me has since been also released in Italy (Time records, 2009) and Germany (Kontor records, 2010).
[www.kraaksmaak.com]
from the album: Plastic People (2003)
Discography
* Plastic People (Jalapeno Records UK, 2008)
* The Remix Sessions (Jalapeno Records UK, 2007; Quango Music USA, 2007)
* Boogie Angst (Jalapeno Records UK, 2005; P.I.A.S. Benelux, 2006; Quango Music USA, 2006; KSR Japan, 2006)
and they made so many f*** amazing Singles,EPs and hot RMX!!!
One of the classics and my favourite is
>>Mark Rae – Medicine (Grand Central UK, 2004)
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ˆˆ THAT VOICE!awesome! LYRICS BORN
LIRYCS BORN
Lyrics Born (born Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura in 1972), is a Japanese American rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.
Through his childhood, Shimura lived in Tokyo, Japan, Salt Lake City, Utah[2], and Berkeley, California[3]. He is the son of Japanese author, Takao Shimura, and an Italian/Jewish-American union organizer, Charlotte Arzio-Shimura. Shimura's parents were divorced by age 2, at which point he moved with his mother from Tokyo to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then finally to Berkeley California.
In 1993, Lyrics Born released his first single "Send Them", under the moniker "Asia Born", on the independent record label Solesides. In 1996 he formed the group "Latyrx", with Solesides label mate and fellow Bay-Area native, Lateef The Truthspeaker. Latyrx is a combination of the names, "Lateef" and "Lyrics". In 1997 Latyrx released the seminal album, "Latyrx-The Album". The album was well-received and is often regarded as a classic within underground circles. 1 year later Solesides was disbanded and reformed as the current Quannum Projects label. In 1999, to commemorate the transformation of Solesides to Quannum, the label released "Quannum Spectrum", a label compilation executive-produced by Lyrics Born. The album spawned the international hit single and video, "I Changed My Mind". This would also signify Lyrics Born's first collaboration with German Funk group, The Poets of Rhythm, whom he would later executive produce for the Quannum label.
Lyrics Born released his first solo LP on Quannum Projects, Later That Day, in October 2003, which spawned the hit single, "Callin' Out".
The album features guests such as Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truthspeaker and Born's wife Joyo Velarde.
In April 2005, he released a remix album, Same !@#$ Different Day which was again released on his own Quannum Projects label.
The album features remixes of five songs from Later That Day along with a number of new tracks which feature guests such as Bay Area legend E-40, hip-hop icon KRS-One, Stereo MCs, Casual of Hieroglyphics, Evidence of Dilated Peoples, DJ Shadow and Joyo Velarde.
Also in 2005, Born released The Lyrics Born Variety Show: Season One CD, which was essentially an old-school mix tape vibe with remixes and blends of his studio albums as well as guest appearances on other artist's songs in addition to exclusive tracks.
(Wiky)
from the album: Later that day (2003)
Discography
* "Latyrx-The Album" (1997, Solesides)
* "Latyrx-The Muzapper's Remixes" (1998, Solesides)
* Later That Day (2003, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season One (2005, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Same !@#$ Different Day (2005, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Two (2006, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live (2006, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Three (2008, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Everywhere at Once (2008, Epitaph Records)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Four (2009 Mobile Home Recordings)
* As U Were (2010)
Lyrics Born (born Tsutomu "Tom" Shimura in 1972), is a Japanese American rapper. He is one half of the group Latyrx with Lateef the Truthspeaker.
Through his childhood, Shimura lived in Tokyo, Japan, Salt Lake City, Utah[2], and Berkeley, California[3]. He is the son of Japanese author, Takao Shimura, and an Italian/Jewish-American union organizer, Charlotte Arzio-Shimura. Shimura's parents were divorced by age 2, at which point he moved with his mother from Tokyo to Salt Lake City, Utah, and then finally to Berkeley California.
In 1993, Lyrics Born released his first single "Send Them", under the moniker "Asia Born", on the independent record label Solesides. In 1996 he formed the group "Latyrx", with Solesides label mate and fellow Bay-Area native, Lateef The Truthspeaker. Latyrx is a combination of the names, "Lateef" and "Lyrics". In 1997 Latyrx released the seminal album, "Latyrx-The Album". The album was well-received and is often regarded as a classic within underground circles. 1 year later Solesides was disbanded and reformed as the current Quannum Projects label. In 1999, to commemorate the transformation of Solesides to Quannum, the label released "Quannum Spectrum", a label compilation executive-produced by Lyrics Born. The album spawned the international hit single and video, "I Changed My Mind". This would also signify Lyrics Born's first collaboration with German Funk group, The Poets of Rhythm, whom he would later executive produce for the Quannum label.
Lyrics Born released his first solo LP on Quannum Projects, Later That Day, in October 2003, which spawned the hit single, "Callin' Out".
The album features guests such as Cut Chemist of Jurassic 5, Gift of Gab, Lateef the Truthspeaker and Born's wife Joyo Velarde.
In April 2005, he released a remix album, Same !@#$ Different Day which was again released on his own Quannum Projects label.
The album features remixes of five songs from Later That Day along with a number of new tracks which feature guests such as Bay Area legend E-40, hip-hop icon KRS-One, Stereo MCs, Casual of Hieroglyphics, Evidence of Dilated Peoples, DJ Shadow and Joyo Velarde.
Also in 2005, Born released The Lyrics Born Variety Show: Season One CD, which was essentially an old-school mix tape vibe with remixes and blends of his studio albums as well as guest appearances on other artist's songs in addition to exclusive tracks.
(Wiky)
from the album: Later that day (2003)
Discography
* "Latyrx-The Album" (1997, Solesides)
* "Latyrx-The Muzapper's Remixes" (1998, Solesides)
* Later That Day (2003, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season One (2005, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Same !@#$ Different Day (2005, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Two (2006, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Overnite Encore: Lyrics Born Live (2006, Quannum Projects)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Three (2008, Mobile Home Recordings)
* Everywhere at Once (2008, Epitaph Records)
* Lyrics Born Variety Show Season Four (2009 Mobile Home Recordings)
* As U Were (2010)
Monday, October 4, 2010
ŒŒ KILL THE VULTURES: DIRTY-ELECTRONIC>> HIP-HOP feat. JAZZ
KILL THE VULTURES
vocalist Crescent Moon and producer Anatomy moved from Minneapolis, MN to NYC in Sept.,2001 at the age of 19 with the now disbanded hip-hop group, Oddjobs.
They spent the next few years learning the ropes by touring with groups like De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Talib Kweli, Atmosphere, Lyrics Born, Buck 65, Brother Ali, and Zion I, as well as headlining several tours. They also released records and toured as part of the Third Earth hip-hop crew, whose ther members were Jean Grae, Mr. Len of Company Flow, Masterminds, Jugganknots, and Sub-Conscious. Other than touring with the aforementioned groups, they performed spot dates around the country with Snoop Dogg, Hieroglyphics, members of Digital Underground, and others.
Between Oddjobs tours, Crescent Moon served as the hype man for the Rhymesayers hip-hop group Atmosphere from 2001-2005. Following the breakup of Oddjobs In 2005, Crescent Moon and Anatomy moved back to Minneapolis to form Kill the Vultures along with their former Oddjobs cohorts Nomi and Advizer. Their eponymous debut album blended gritty, jazz, industrial and tribal beats with beat poet/rap vocals to create an overall urban-noir sensibility. The album garnered praise from critics (including a Salon.com reviewer who wrote, "the best hip-hop album I've heard this year") and helped them earn a large following in Europe where they have subsequently headlined four successful tours and played shows with Wu Tang Clan, Queens of the Stone age, The Roots, Frank Black and others. One of the songs from the album is also featured in the upcoming Sony Pictures film entitled Red Sands.
Their second album continued where the first left off, but with the pared down line-up of Crescent Moon and Anatomy (Advizer and Nomi are still part of the KTV family, although they currently live out of state). Crescent Moon and Anatomy continue their work with the album Ecce Beast (Ecce is the Latin word for behold, and refers to the biblical phrase “Ecce homo,” meaning behold man). The songs are nocturnal, urban soundscapes with an eye towards the industrial rust-belt cities of the upper mid-west. Crescent Moon’s vocals are predominantly crime narratives, spliced with social commentary. He drops surreal imagery and gritty truths in the same breath. Anatomy’s beats utilize a hard-boiled sample pallet,
consisting of drums, upright bass, strings, and horns, filled out with live instrumentation.
(http://killthevultures.com/bio/)
Kill the Vulters are:
Advizer, Crescent Moon, DJ Anatomy, Nomi.
from the album: The Careless Flame (2007)
Discography
* 2005 Kill The Vultures (CD, Album) Jib
* 2007 The Careless Flame (CD, Album) Jib
* 2009 Ecce Beast (CD, Album) Hiphopcore Records
vocalist Crescent Moon and producer Anatomy moved from Minneapolis, MN to NYC in Sept.,2001 at the age of 19 with the now disbanded hip-hop group, Oddjobs.
They spent the next few years learning the ropes by touring with groups like De La Soul, DJ Shadow, Talib Kweli, Atmosphere, Lyrics Born, Buck 65, Brother Ali, and Zion I, as well as headlining several tours. They also released records and toured as part of the Third Earth hip-hop crew, whose ther members were Jean Grae, Mr. Len of Company Flow, Masterminds, Jugganknots, and Sub-Conscious. Other than touring with the aforementioned groups, they performed spot dates around the country with Snoop Dogg, Hieroglyphics, members of Digital Underground, and others.
Between Oddjobs tours, Crescent Moon served as the hype man for the Rhymesayers hip-hop group Atmosphere from 2001-2005. Following the breakup of Oddjobs In 2005, Crescent Moon and Anatomy moved back to Minneapolis to form Kill the Vultures along with their former Oddjobs cohorts Nomi and Advizer. Their eponymous debut album blended gritty, jazz, industrial and tribal beats with beat poet/rap vocals to create an overall urban-noir sensibility. The album garnered praise from critics (including a Salon.com reviewer who wrote, "the best hip-hop album I've heard this year") and helped them earn a large following in Europe where they have subsequently headlined four successful tours and played shows with Wu Tang Clan, Queens of the Stone age, The Roots, Frank Black and others. One of the songs from the album is also featured in the upcoming Sony Pictures film entitled Red Sands.
Their second album continued where the first left off, but with the pared down line-up of Crescent Moon and Anatomy (Advizer and Nomi are still part of the KTV family, although they currently live out of state). Crescent Moon and Anatomy continue their work with the album Ecce Beast (Ecce is the Latin word for behold, and refers to the biblical phrase “Ecce homo,” meaning behold man). The songs are nocturnal, urban soundscapes with an eye towards the industrial rust-belt cities of the upper mid-west. Crescent Moon’s vocals are predominantly crime narratives, spliced with social commentary. He drops surreal imagery and gritty truths in the same breath. Anatomy’s beats utilize a hard-boiled sample pallet,
consisting of drums, upright bass, strings, and horns, filled out with live instrumentation.
(http://killthevultures.com/bio/)
Kill the Vulters are:
Advizer, Crescent Moon, DJ Anatomy, Nomi.
from the album: The Careless Flame (2007)
Discography
* 2005 Kill The Vultures (CD, Album) Jib
* 2007 The Careless Flame (CD, Album) Jib
* 2009 Ecce Beast (CD, Album) Hiphopcore Records
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