Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim is the stage name of Norman Cook, a British DJ and electronic musician known for big beat and dance music from the 1990s onward.

His energetic sampling style produced hits like "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You": The DJ dropped some Fatboy Slim and the floor went crazy.

Related

dance music · acid house · dance · rave · samples · remix · big beat · Christopher Walken · club · club culture · vinyl · funk · loops · breakbeat · 90s · strobe · festival · decks

Opposites
musical style and genre

Fatboy SlimYo-Yo Ma

Preeminent contemporary cellist

Bob Dylan · Joni Mitchell · symphony orchestra · string quartet · Luciano Pavarotti

cultural persona and aesthetic

Fatboy SlimRadiohead

British art rock band

Leonard Cohen · Nick Cave · Morrissey · Trent Reznor · Jeff Buckley

production approach

Fatboy SlimBrian Eno

Oblique Strategies creator

Philip Glass · silence

Family

fat, boy, slim, fatness, fatty, fatten, fattened, fattening, fatter

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G