U-Fatboy Slim uyinganekwane yangempela emhlabeni we-DJing. Wanikela iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-40 emculweni, waqashelwa ngokuphindaphindiwe njengongcono kakhulu futhi wathatha isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi.
Ubuntwana, ubusha, uthando lomculo uFatboy Slim
Igama langempela - uNorman Quentin Cook, owazalwa ngoJulayi 31, 1963 emaphethelweni eLondon. Ufunde eReigate High School lapho athatha khona izifundo ze-violin. Umfowethu omdala wagxilisa uthando lomculo lapho, eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, elethela uNorman ikhasethi leqembu le-punk rock elithi The Damned.
Waqala ukuya emakhonsathini eGreyhound Pub. Futhi-ke yena ngokwakhe wadlala izigubhu eqenjini iDisque Attack. Ngemva kokuhamba komculi, wathatha indawo yakhe. Kamuva uhlangana noPaul Heaton, abazosungula naye ibhendi ye-Stomping Pondfrogs.
Lapho eneminyaka engu-18, wangena eBrighton Polytechnic Institute, lapho afunda khona isiNgisi, isayensi yezokuhlalisana kwabantu kanye nezombusazwe. Ngaphambi kwalokho, uNorman wayeseke wazama yena njengo-DJ. Kwaba ngesikhathi enyuvesi lapho waqala ngenkuthalo ukuthuthukisa kulesi siqondiso. Eqenjini labafundi elithi "The Basement" wenza ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi DJ Quentox. Kulapho kwazalelwa khona isigcawu se-hip-hop sikaBrighton.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zokudumisa uFatboy Slim
UPaul Heaton wasungula i-Housemartins ngo-1983, kwathi eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngobusuku bangaphambi kohambo, umculi we-bassist uyabashiya. UNorman uyavuma ukuvala isikhala sakhe. Impumelelo ayizange ifike. Ingoma ethi "Happy Hour" ishisa kakhulu, futhi ama-albhamu "London 0 Hull 4" kanye "The People Who Grinned Themself to Death" angena kuma-albhamu angu-10 ahamba phambili e-UK.
Ngemuva kweminyaka emi-5, i-Housemartins iyahlukana. U-Heaton udala iqembu elithi The Beautiful South, futhi u-Cook uqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa. Kakade ngo-1989 wakhulula iculo elithi "Blame It on the Bassline", elingazange libonwe futhi alizange likhuphuke ngaphezu komugqa wama-29 phezulu.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-DJ yasungula i-Beats International. Lena umfelandawonye wabaculi, okuhlanganisa ama-rapper u-MC Wildski, u-DJ Baptiste, abacula ngabodwana u-Lester Noel, uLindy Leighton no-Andy Boucher oshaya ikhibhodi.
I-albhamu yabo ethi "Let Them Eat Bingo" idale ihlazo le-copyright. Icala livulwe ngamaqoqo Ukungqubuzana kanye ne-SOS Band. U-Cook ulahlekelwe yicala futhi waphoqeleka ukuthi akhokhele abanikazi be-copyright inani eliphindwe kabili kunalelo elitholiwe. Lokhu kwaholela ekushoneni, futhi imizamo elandelayo yokwenza imali ayiphumelelanga: i-albhamu ethi "Excursion on the Version" ayizange ithole ukuthandwa kakhulu.
Ngokuphindaphindiwe
Ukwehluleka akuzange kumise uNorman, ngakho kakade ngo-1993 wadala elinye iqembu - Freak Power. Ingoma yabo ethi "Turn, Tune In, Cop Out" yasetshenziselwa umkhankaso wokukhangisa wezimpahla zokugqoka zaseMelika i-Levi's. Ngo-1995, iqoqo elithi "Pizzamania" lakhululwa. Amaculo amathathu asuka lapho aya phezulu eshadini, kanti ingoma ethi "Injabulo" isetshenziselwa ukukhangisa amajusi.
Amaphrojekthi amaningana ayenganele kuNorman. Ngakho-ke, kanye nomuntu owayehlala naye endlini, uGareth Hansom, owaziwa ngokuthi i-GMoney, bakha i-duet ethi The Mighty Dub Katz. Kamuva, abafana bavula i-nightclub yabo "Boutique". Ingoma yabo edume kakhulu ibithi "Magic Carpet Ride".
90s kanye nenani eliphakeme lokuduma
I-pseudonym edumile yavela ngo-1996. U-Fatboy Slim uhunyushwa ngokuthi "indoda enamafutha amancane", u-DJ uchaze ukukhetha kwakhe kanje:
“Lokhu akusho lutho. Ngiye ngaqamba amanga kakhulu kuyo yonke le minyaka kangangokuthi kunzima kimi ukukhumbula iqiniso. Lena i-oxymoron nje - igama elingeke libe khona. Kuyangifanela - kuzwakala kuwubuwula futhi kuyindida. ”
Ngo-2008, kwabikwa ukuthi u-DJ ufakwe ohlwini lwe-Guinness Book of Records ngamahithi amaningi akhishwe ngaphansi kwamagama-mbumbulu ahlukahlukene. Ngezikhathi ezahlukene wayezibiza ngokuthi:
- Umfana onamahloni
- Kushisa kusukela ngo-63
- Arthur Chubb
- inzwa
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi "Fatboy Slim" ayizange ilahlekelwe ukunakwa futhi yangena phezulu kwamashadi, ngo-1998 i-albhamu yesibili yakhululwa - "Praise You Come A Long Way, Baby". Ngawo lowo nyaka, kanye nomqondisi uSpike Jonze, kwaqoshwa ividiyo ethi "Praise You", eyathola imiklomelo emi-3 evela ku-MTV, okuhlanganisa nevidiyo eyimpumelelo.
Ngemva kwalokho, umsebenzi kaCook wahamba njengewashi: iziqongo eziqhubekayo kumashadi, amavidiyo athandwayo, imiklomelo eminingi. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi wayengomunye wamaphayona ohlotsheni olukhulu lwe-beat - enye yezinhlobonhlobo zomculo we-elekthronikhi. Isigqi esikhulu sihlanganisa isigqi esinamandla, i-psychedelic nokufaka okuvela ku-hard rock, i-jazz nomculo we-pop wama-60s. Futhi abasunguli bohlobo kwakuyiPropellerheads, The Prodigy, The Crystal Method, Abazalwane bamaKhemikhali nabanye.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaFatboy Slim
Ngo-1999, uNorman washada nomethuli we-TV u-Zoe Ball, unendodana eneminyaka engu-20 ubudala, uWoody, nendodakazi eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala, uNellie, owalandela ezinyathelweni zikayise. Ngo-2016, lo mbhangqwana wahlukana. NgoMashi 4, 2021, kuzobe kuyiminyaka eyi-12 uCook anqoba umlutha wotshwala nokuluthwa yizidakamizwa. Kungalolu suku ngo-2009 lapho angena khona emtholampilo wokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo, wahlala amaviki amathathu washiya ngoba efuna ukucula.
Manje
U-Norman usathembekile emculweni futhi uvame ukubonakala emikhosini efana ne-Global Gathering, Good Vibrations, njll. Ubuye adlale namasethi o-DJ emicimbini eyahlukene. Ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-Covid-19, wagxila kakhulu endodakazini yakhe, okwathi ineminyaka eyi-10 yacula emcimbini i-Camp Bestival, lapho yaqoqa khona imali yesikhungo somdlavuza.
U-Fatboy Slim ukhiphe izingoma eziningi futhi wadlala amakhulukhulu amasethi e-DJ kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, futhi ku-57 ugcwele amandla, ngakho akacabangi ngisho nokuyeka lokho akuthandayo.
