Fatboy Slim, born Quentin Leo Cook, also known as Norman Cook and also as The BPA (The Port Authority Brigthon) (Bromley, July 31, 1963) is an English disc jockey and record producer. His style is known as big beat, a combination of hip hop, breakbeat, rock and R & B. After growing up in Redhill, moved to Brighton to attend college. He began working as a DJ and soon after he moved to Hull to play bass the band of the Housemartins. After touring with Billy Bragg, the band get a contract with the label Go! Discs. The first single product is Flag Day which was a moderate success, followed by the song "Sheep. The third single is Happy Hour, which does not get the success of the previous two.
The album London 0 Hull 4 scale, the top 10 with the single Caravan Of Love (a cover of the Isley Brothers), the group reaches the first place. The second album is The People Who grinned Themselves To Death, which also marks the end of the project.
Norman returns to Brixton and resumed his career as a DJ. Working on a mix of the famous I Got Your Soul by Eric B and Rakim, and then form a collective of artists Beats International. In 1989 realized the single Dub Be Good To Me "comes in first position. The LP of the group is Let Them Eat Bingo, followed in 1991 by Excursion On The Version. Norman's divorce from his wife for two years and produces nothing.
Ashley Slater, vocalist of the microgroove, works with Beats International on their second album. Strong are his interests in Funk, our entertainer of the group becomes Freak Power, the latter single Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out are square at the top of the charts and is used by an advertising campaign for Levi's. In 1995, under the pseudonym Pizzaman, Norman makes an album stand out single Sex On The Streets and Happiness. Norman Slater, in 1996, released the album More Of Everything For ... Everybody. Shortly after Norman recorded tracks under various stage names Mighty Dub Kats, Fried Funk Food.
By Damien Harris founded Skint Records, and changed its name to Fatboy Slim. In 1996 comes the album Better Living Through Chemistry referring to an American slogan of the 1950s, the importance of Valium as a sedative for hyperactive children. A clear reference to the chemistry and the Chemical Brothers, a group that persuaded him to make the album. During this period sounds like a DJ in London clubs like the Big Kahuna Burger or The Sunday Social, passing his single Santa Cruz.
With Friends Damien G Money and founded the Big Beat Boutique club in Brighton, where it plays the role of resident DJ. The label Caroline / Astralwerks promote its projects in the United States. As Mighty Dub Katz Magic Carpet Ride public (1997), followed by noway (1998). Remixes for Cornershop songs, Beastie Boys, Wildchild and Fluke, and then begin to work on the album You've Come A Long Way, Baby, the title taken from a Virginia Slims cigarette slogan. The first single, "The Rockafeller Skank, summer 1998 smash and the soundtrack of video game FIFA 99. Below Gangster Trippin 'and Praise You. The third single is Right Here, Right Now, which is enjoying huge international success. On July 6, 2001, Slim takes a gig on Brighton sea front of 40,000 people. The following year he repeated the event in front of 250,000 spectators at the same year, leaving Palookaville, album preceded by the single Slash Dot Dash. Continue to hold concerts on the beaches, which are now his trademark, on the occasion of special dates such as, for example, the New Years' Eve or New Year's Day gathering always thousands of people. In 2008, again under the pseudonym The BPA, aka little known in Italy, and public individuals and Seattle coming soon Toe Jam singles charts for more programmed radio.
The album London 0 Hull 4 scale, the top 10 with the single Caravan Of Love (a cover of the Isley Brothers), the group reaches the first place. The second album is The People Who grinned Themselves To Death, which also marks the end of the project.
Norman returns to Brixton and resumed his career as a DJ. Working on a mix of the famous I Got Your Soul by Eric B and Rakim, and then form a collective of artists Beats International. In 1989 realized the single Dub Be Good To Me "comes in first position. The LP of the group is Let Them Eat Bingo, followed in 1991 by Excursion On The Version. Norman's divorce from his wife for two years and produces nothing.
Ashley Slater, vocalist of the microgroove, works with Beats International on their second album. Strong are his interests in Funk, our entertainer of the group becomes Freak Power, the latter single Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out are square at the top of the charts and is used by an advertising campaign for Levi's. In 1995, under the pseudonym Pizzaman, Norman makes an album stand out single Sex On The Streets and Happiness. Norman Slater, in 1996, released the album More Of Everything For ... Everybody. Shortly after Norman recorded tracks under various stage names Mighty Dub Kats, Fried Funk Food.
By Damien Harris founded Skint Records, and changed its name to Fatboy Slim. In 1996 comes the album Better Living Through Chemistry referring to an American slogan of the 1950s, the importance of Valium as a sedative for hyperactive children. A clear reference to the chemistry and the Chemical Brothers, a group that persuaded him to make the album. During this period sounds like a DJ in London clubs like the Big Kahuna Burger or The Sunday Social, passing his single Santa Cruz.
With Friends Damien G Money and founded the Big Beat Boutique club in Brighton, where it plays the role of resident DJ. The label Caroline / Astralwerks promote its projects in the United States. As Mighty Dub Katz Magic Carpet Ride public (1997), followed by noway (1998). Remixes for Cornershop songs, Beastie Boys, Wildchild and Fluke, and then begin to work on the album You've Come A Long Way, Baby, the title taken from a Virginia Slims cigarette slogan. The first single, "The Rockafeller Skank, summer 1998 smash and the soundtrack of video game FIFA 99. Below Gangster Trippin 'and Praise You. The third single is Right Here, Right Now, which is enjoying huge international success. On July 6, 2001, Slim takes a gig on Brighton sea front of 40,000 people. The following year he repeated the event in front of 250,000 spectators at the same year, leaving Palookaville, album preceded by the single Slash Dot Dash. Continue to hold concerts on the beaches, which are now his trademark, on the occasion of special dates such as, for example, the New Years' Eve or New Year's Day gathering always thousands of people. In 2008, again under the pseudonym The BPA, aka little known in Italy, and public individuals and Seattle coming soon Toe Jam singles charts for more programmed radio.
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