![]() In early 1998, his remix of Cornershop's 'Brimful of Asha' spent several weeks at number one in the British charts.įatboy Slim's eagerly anticipated second LP, You've Come a Long Way, Baby, followed later that year. In addition to his FBS work, Cook also recorded the Skip to My Loops sample CD, a popular studio tool sporting a mélange of sample-ready drum loops, analog squelches, and assorted noises. Cook was also called in to add his remixing skills to Jean-Jacques Perrey's proto-electronica classic 'Eva,' released as a 12' and CD single in 1997. He shut most of his other production activities down in the following years to focus on his latest incarnation, Fatboy Slim, which began with a trio of singles and the full-length Better Living Through Chemistry. The trio nailed three Top 40 hits together ('Trippin' on Sunshine,' 'Sex on the Streets,' and 'Happiness') before Cook splintered off to record with similarly styled outfits Freak Power and Beats International in the early '90s. Reid toward the end of the decade to form Pizzaman. After the group split the following year, Cook became involved with the burgeoning acid house scene, pairing with producers Tim Jeffrey and J.C. Although he had begun DJing some years before, it was at this time that he began to develop his skills on the thriving Brighton club scene, known as DJ Quentox, laying the base for Brighton's hip hop scene.Ĭook joined the Hull-based pop group the Housemartins in 1986, replacing founding member Ted Key. At 18, Cook went to the Brighton Polytechnic to read a B.A. When frontman Charlie Alcock was told by his parents that he had to give up the band to concentrate on his O levels. He played drums in Disque Attack, a British New Wave-influenced rock band. Quentin Leo Cook was born in Bromley, and raised in Reigate, Surrey, England, and was educated at Reigate Grammar School. Releasing his Fatboy material through club staple Skint, Cook's raucous blend of house, acid, funk, hip-hop, electro, and techno has added to his already formidable reputation as one of the foremost all-around producers on the U.K. Norman 'Jack-of-All-Genres' Cook, in addition to his former occupations as bassist for the Housemartins and one-third of acid house hitmakers Pizzaman, is also the man behind one of the most popular of the new flock of English 'Brit-hop' producers, Fatboy Slim. Norman Cook is one of the biggest names in the UK dance scene not just from the studio but his live shows have drawn large crowds Here's some of his starters. Hello, the beats go on.and today these are extra big beats. ![]()
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