Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim , of its true name Quentin Leo Cook (or sometimes Norman Cook ), is a DJ and British artist of happy Big , born the July 13rd 1963 with Redhill, close to London.

Biography

During its childhood, Norman Cook is into full in the British pop time with the groups influenced by the Beatles. With adolescence he discovers the dancing rates/rhythms of the black artists, who will reveal his taste for the music to him.

At 19 years, it starts a double musical experiment: it is pointed out like DJ in Brighton while integrating The Housemartins (small group of Britpop) as bass player. In dissension with the musical style of the group, it finally decides to continue its musical career in solo.

The beginning of the Years 1990, is one period very filled for Norman:

  • It remixe of many standards
  • It joined the International collective of artists Beats, with which it takes part in some large success in the United Kingdom.
  • It founds the group Freakpower while joining to the singer Ashley Slater.
In 1994, the duet leaves its first opus: Drive Thru Booty which includes/understands in particular individual the Turn one Tune in COP Out' (used in an advertizing for Levi's). Everything for Everybody , the second album of Freakpower (1996) is a failure. To turn the page, Norman becomes Fatboy Slim .

Decisive meeting for Fatboy, the Chemical Brothers encourage it to launch out in a career " happy Big " , which it will do as of its first album Better Living Through Chemistry (1997). It thus poses the bases of its style: a mixture of Hip hop, R' B and Dance. For this album, it Co-founds with Damien Harris (old of Island Record) its own label: Skint Records. The album likes by these samples funky-groove, as well near the public (some successes in the " charts" British) that profession (contacts with Madonna and U2).

A few months later, individual the Rockafeller Skank is an international paperboard, very coveted by the cinema, the TV, the advertizing. The success of You' ve As Long Way has, Baby , end 1998, is worth a great recognition and many rewards to him. Fatboy Slim remixe great names, which becomes an honor.

In 2000, Fatboy assagit with Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars , resulting from a collaboration or sample of many artists of which Macy Gray or Jim Morisson.

At the same time innovative and respectful, Fatboy Slim became a figure impossible to circumvent of the electronic music.

Big Beach

In 2001, Chanel 4 launches the idea to organize a great free evening on the beach of Brighton. There it invites the adopted child of the city, Norman, to come to mix. Thus is born Big Beach Boutique. There will be several editions which progressively will gather world more and more.
  • 2001: 40.000 people.
  • 2002: 250.000 people (whereas only 60.000 were awaited). Consequences, 2 people find death what pushes Norman to be put an end to the evenings as long as the safety of the spectators cannot be assured.
  • 2007: 20.000 people. In order to avoid the problems of the 2nd edition, the entry of 30 £ and was reserved to the inhabitants of Brighton.

Discography

Anecdote

Its clip Weapon off choice was pastiche by the company Microsoft out of clip of publicity for the Windows solutions under the name Windows off choice . The clip was diffused only inside the Microsoft company, because it could be considered to be defamatory towards competition.

External bond

  • Official site of Fatboy Slim
  • /Fan nonofficial site of Fatboy Slim

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