Fatboy Slim

Palookaville is an amazing album and is definately worth giving a listen to, not only is the production a masterpiece but for the first time since his early days as a member of the Housemartins Cook picks up his bass guitar and puts it to great use helping to create a new fresh sound to his music. The album kicks of with the track Don't Let The Man Get You Down which is typical fatboy slim with the crazy vocal samples and big beats, additionally the use of the bass guitar is instantly noticed and really gives the track a strong feeling, this track sets a high standard for the rest of the album ... more

fatboy a.k.a Norman Cook lives in Brighton where he has headlined the Brighton beach party. This is a great festival and has a massive turn out. He is married to well known fellow dj Zoe Ball and had massive hits such as 'Praise You', 'Weopon Of Choice' and 'Star 69'!! His album 'You've come a long way' was a massive hit and opened him to a much wider community. The charismatic DJ is instantly lovable but not free of controversy, he once claimed he got rid of depression by using Ecstasy and 2 people died at his brighton beach carnival. i would recommend the 'jacker of all genres' to anyone ... more

Norman Cook is known for landmark clips; with ‘Praise You’ being voted Best Video of all time by MTV viewers and Spike Jonze’s clip for ‘Weapon Of Choice’, featuring Christopher Walken, picking up a Grammy. For new single ‘Slash Dot Dash’, Cook has drafted in Tim Pope, famed for his work with The Cure, Talk Talk and Soft Cell. It will be the legendary director’s first music video in almost a decade. Pope said: "Norman said, ‘Just make the video and I’ll see it at the end’. That’s very refreshing, although a little scary because it means he trusts you!’ He even gave me the freedom to edit the ... more