| It’s the late nineties.
DJs are the new rock stars and Fatboy Slim’s unique musical
blend of vaudeville and vodka has the sweat dripping from the ceiling
of Brighton’s infamous Boutique. A grinning Fatboy Slim drops
the needle on ‘Santa Cruz’, the record that had kick
started the acclaimed Skint record label, and takes a bow before
the crowd. The drumfest of the big beat revolution is in full swing
and he is most definitely leading from the front.
Fast forward ten years and Fatboy Slim (aka Norman Cook) has successfully
helped take dance music from the clubs, into the living room and
to the top of the charts - earning him a unique place in the nation’s
heart along the way. Across four acclaimed albums - ‘Better
Living Through Chemistry’, ‘You’ve Come A Long
Way Baby’, ‘Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars’
and ‘Palookaville’. Recently Norman released his Greatest
Hits.
To date Fatboy has sold over 8 million albums and his music has
defined a genre, giving him the platform to become the worlds biggest
DJ.
In 2003 he performed to 260,000 people at a free party on Brighton
Beach, which led to the inception of the Big Beach Boutique DVD
released on Southern Fried Records, which documented the now legendary
party.
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