Biography
Fatboy Slim is a popular British DJ, the creative career of which started in the 1990s. Artist's composition combines R & B genre melon and rock, hip-hop rhythms and big bits. The Contractor remains in demand in the professional sphere, despite the change of trends and the preferences of the audience.Childhood and youth
Present name Fatboy Slim - Norman Quentin Cook. He was born on July 31, 1963 in the provincial town of Bromley in the UK. The childhood of the boy was not distinguished by an outstanding. Not much known about the biography of the artist, because he does not share information about himself in an interview and often acts under different stage pseudonyms.
Interest in music came to the artist in youth. At first, Norman tried to realize in the team. His career started in 1986 in the team of The HouseMartins, where the guy was a bassist. The guys played pop music, argued with ironic texts, but the project did not become a long-liver. Soon the team collapsed.
Norman inspired by the performance of DJ Greg Wilson at the event in Brighton and switched to a new direction for him. Gradually, the audience began to recognize his pseudonyms: Beats International, Pizzaman, Freakpower and others. But the most popular was the name of Fatboy Slim.
Music
Success did not make himself wait. The author's tracks occupied leading positions in the charts of Great Britain and became hits. At the same time, a pair of compositions of normal under different pseudonyms could be immediately in one top sheet. The tracks "Caravan of Love" and "Dub Be Good to Me" received the greatest fame.The debut plate "Better Living Through Chemistry" The musician recorded as Fatboy Slim. The album name sent to the 1950s and to colleagues from Chemical Brothers, which helped with the release of the disk. A mixture of techno, cooler, jazz and funka conquered the public.
In 1988, the Single "The Rockafeller Skank" was released, which foreshadowed the output of the album "You've Come A Long Way, Baby". The composition was in the top and for a long time remained in the charts of the United States and the UK. Real estate waited and subsequent tracks "Right Here Right Now" and "Praise You". The album containing these works became platinum in the United States.
Embed from getty imagesIn 2000, the "Halfway Between The Gutter and The Stars" disk came out, and already in 2001, together with Paul Okhenfold, the musician participated in the event in Moscow. At the same time, it was 9 times nominated at MTV Video Music Awards for the composition "Weapon of Choice" and a clip on it. The artist also became a laureate of the Muzik and Billboard Video Music Awards Prize.
In 2002, Fatboy Slim came out as a producer of 2 songs from the Album of the British Group Blur "Think Tank". Two years later, in Creaters with other performers, the musician launched the Palookaville plate. Critics called the album the most relaxed in all discography DJ. After some time, he presented a collection of best works "Greatest Hits: Why Try Harder".
Personal life
Fatboy Slim married in 1999. His wife became the former leading radio of the Air Force Zoe Ball. In 2000, a couple had a son.
Embed from getty imagesThe personal life of creative people did not always develop successfully. The difficulties faced by the family led to the divorce held in 2003. Norman and Zoe required several months to understand that they made a mistake, and the couple reunited. In 2010, they had a daughter. Now the spouses together and enjoy relationships.
Fatboy Slim now
Norman Cook continues to perform pseudonym. In the summer of 2019, information appeared that DJ plans a major event in open urban space, presumably on Time Square. Fatboy Slim periodically gives such concerts. He organized a similar performance in Newcastle in 2016.In August 2019, the musician spoke in Spain and plans a number of concerts in other countries. Fans have open access to the official FatBoy Slim site and can familiarize themselves with the personal photo of the artist in the Account in Instagram.
Discography
- 1996 - "BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY"
- 1998 - "You've Come A Long Way, Baby"
- 2000 - "Halfway Between The Gutter and The Stars"
- 2004 - "PALOOKAVILLE"