Fatboy Slim labari ne na gaske a duniyar DJing. Ya sadaukar da fiye da shekaru 40 don kiɗa, an gane shi akai-akai a matsayin mafi kyau kuma ya mallaki babban matsayi a cikin jadawalin.
Yaro, matasa, sha'awar kiɗan Fatboy Slim
Sunan gaske - Norman Quentin Cook, an haifi Yuli 31, 1963 a wajen London. Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Reigate inda ya dauki darussan violin. Babban ɗan'uwansa ya cusa ƙaunar kiɗa lokacin da, yana ɗan shekara 14, ya kawo Norman kaset na ƙungiyar wasan punk rock The Damned.
Ya fara zuwa kide-kide a Greyhound Pub. Sannan shi da kansa ya buga ganguna a cikin kungiyar Dissque Attack. Bayan tafiyar mawakin ya maye gurbinsa. Daga baya ya sadu da Paul Heaton, tare da wanda za su ƙirƙira ƙungiyar Stomping Pondfrogs.
Yana da shekaru 18, ya shiga Brighton Polytechnic Institute, inda ya karanta Turanci, Sociology da siyasa. Kafin wannan, Norman ya riga ya gwada kansa a matsayin DJ. A lokacin jami'a ne ya fara ci gaba sosai a wannan hanya. A cikin dalibi kulob din "The Basement" ya yi a karkashin pseudonym DJ Quentox. A can ne aka haifi filin wasan hip-hop na Brighton.
Matakai na farko don shahara Fatboy Slim
Paul Heaton ya kafa Housemartins a cikin 1983, kuma bayan shekaru biyu, a jajibirin yawon shakatawa, bassist ya bar su. Norman ya yarda ya maye gurbinsa. Nasarar ba ta daɗe ba. Waƙar "Sa'a Farin Ciki" ta zama abin burgewa, kuma albam ɗin "London 0 Hull 4" da "Mutanen Da Suka Yi Wa Kansu Haƙuri Har Mutuwa" sun shiga saman 10 na mafi kyawun kundin UK.
Bayan shekaru 5, Housemartins ya rabu. Heaton ya ƙirƙira ƙungiyar The Beautiful South, kuma Cook ya fara aikin solo. Tuni a cikin 1989 ya fito da waƙar "Blame It on Bassline", wanda ba a lura da shi ba kuma bai tashi sama da layin 29 a saman ba.
A lokaci guda, DJ ya kafa Beats International. Wannan saƙon ƙungiyar mawaƙa ce, gami da rappers MC Wildski, DJ Baptiste, soloists Lester Noel, Lindy Leighton da mawallafin keyboard Andy Boucher.
Kundin nasu mai suna "Bari Su Ci Bingo" ya haifar da badakalar haƙƙin mallaka. Kungiyoyin sun shigar da karar Karo da SOS Band. Cook ya rasa karar kuma an tilasta masa biyan masu haƙƙin mallaka adadin sau biyu adadin da aka karɓa. Wannan ya haifar da fatara, kuma ƙoƙarin samun kuɗi daga baya bai yi nasara ba: kundin "Excursion on the Version" bai sami farin jini sosai ba.
Sau da yawa
Kasawa bai tsaya Norman ba, don haka a cikin 1993 ya kirkiro wani rukuni - Freak Power. An yi amfani da su guda ɗaya "Kun Kunna, Tune In, Cop Out" don kamfen ɗin talla don alamar Lewi's na Amurka. A shekarar 1995, da tarin "Pizzamania" da aka saki. Mawaka guda uku daga can sun haura saman ginshiƙi, kuma ana amfani da waƙar "Farin Ciki" don tallata ruwan 'ya'yan itace.
Ayyuka da yawa ba su isa ga Norman ba. Saboda haka, tare da tsohon abokin tarayya, Gareth Hansom, wanda aka sani da GMoney, sun kirkiro duet The Mighty Dub Katz. Daga baya, mutanen sun bude nasu gidan rawa na dare "Butique". Shahararriyar wakarsu ita ce "Magic Carpet Ride".
90s da kololuwar shahara
Shahararren pseudonym ya bayyana a shekarar 1996. Fatboy Slim an fassara shi da "mutum mai kitse", DJ ya bayyana zabinsa kamar haka:
“Wannan yana nufin komai. Na yi ƙarya sosai a cikin waɗannan shekarun har ya yi mini wuya in tuna gaskiya. Wannan oxymoron ne kawai - kalmar da ba za ta wanzu ba. Ya dace da ni - yana jin wauta da ban dariya. "
A cikin 2008, an bayar da rahoton cewa an jera DJ a cikin Littafin Guinness na Records don mafi yawan hits da aka fitar a ƙarƙashin wasu sunaye daban-daban. A lokuta daban-daban ya kira kansa:
- Yaro mai kunci
- Hot daga 63
- Arthur Chubb
- sensateria
Kundin halarta na farko "Fatboy Slim" ba a hana shi kulawa ba kuma ya shiga saman ginshiƙi, a cikin 1998 an sake fitar da kundi na biyu - "Yabo Ka zo A Long Way, Baby". A cikin wannan shekarar, tare da darekta Spike Jonze, an yi fim din bidiyon "Yabon ku", wanda ya karbi lambobin yabo 3 daga MTV, ciki har da bidiyo mai nasara.
Bayan haka, aikin Cook ya kasance kamar aikin agogo: akai-akai mafi girma a cikin ginshiƙi, shahararrun bidiyoyi, lambobin yabo da yawa. Ya kamata a lura cewa ya kasance daya daga cikin majagaba a cikin babban nau'i na nau'i - daya daga cikin nau'in kiɗa na lantarki. Babban bugun yana da ƙarfi mai ƙarfi, psychedelic da abubuwan da ake sakawa daga dutsen wuya, jazz da kiɗan pop na 60s. Hakanan wadanda suka kafa nau'in sune Propellerheads, The Prodigy, Hanyar Crystal, 'Yan'uwan Chemical da sauransu.
Rayuwar sirri ta Fatboy Slim
A cikin 1999, Norman ya auri mai gabatar da shirye-shiryen TV Zoe Ball, yana da ɗa mai shekaru 20, Woody, da ɗiya mai shekaru 11, Nellie, waɗanda suka bi sawun mahaifinta. A cikin 2016, ma'auratan sun rabu. A ranar 4 ga Maris, 2021, za a yi shekaru 12 tun lokacin da Cook ya shawo kan shaye-shaye da shaye-shayen ƙwayoyi. A rana irin ta yau ne a shekarar 2009 ya shiga wani asibitin gyaran jiki, inda ya yi sati 3 sannan ya tafi saboda yana son yin aikin.
Yanzu
Norman har yanzu yana da aminci ga kiɗa kuma sau da yawa yana fitowa a bukukuwa kamar "Taron Duniya", "Kyakkyawan Vibrations" da sauransu. Yana kuma yin wasan kwaikwayo na DJ a wurare daban-daban. A lokacin bala'in cutar ta Covid-19, ya fi mai da hankali kan 'yarsa, wacce tana da shekaru 10 ta yi wasa a bikin Camp Bestival, inda ta tara kuɗi don cibiyar ciwon daji.
Fatboy Slim ya fitar da hits da yawa a duk tsawon rayuwarsa kuma ya buga ɗaruruwan abubuwan DJ, kuma a 57 yana cike da kuzari, don haka baya tunanin barin abin da yake so.
