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Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 20 episodes and was first played on 11 November 2012.

Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, musician, rapper, and record producer. Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single with their a capella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isley's "Caravan of Love". After the band split, Cook formed Beats International whose debut album spawned their signature hit, "Dub Be Good to Me" which was another UK number-one as well as going on to become the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. Cook then went on to join numerous other acts including Freak Power, Pizzaman and Mighty Dub Katz to moderate success.

Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim. Follow ups You've Come a Long Way, Baby and Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars were also met with positive reviews and commercial success.

In 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority. Cook has been responsible for successful remixes for Cornershop, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest and Wildchild.

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Fatboy Slim

Fatboy Slim has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 20 episodes and was first played on 11 November 2012.

Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook on 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is a British DJ, musician, rapper, and record producer. Cook first rose to fame in the 1980s as the bassist of the indie rock band The Housemartins who scored a UK number-one single with their a capella cover of Isley-Jasper-Isley's "Caravan of Love". After the band split, Cook formed Beats International whose debut album spawned their signature hit, "Dub Be Good to Me" which was another UK number-one as well as going on to become the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. Cook then went on to join numerous other acts including Freak Power, Pizzaman and Mighty Dub Katz to moderate success.

Cook adopted the Fatboy Slim moniker in 1996 and released Better Living Through Chemistry to critical acclaim. Follow ups You've Come a Long Way, Baby and Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars were also met with positive reviews and commercial success.

In 2008, Cook founded a project called The Brighton Port Authority. Cook has been responsible for successful remixes for Cornershop, Beastie Boys, A Tribe Called Quest and Wildchild.

Original source: Last.fm

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Most played tracks

Gangster Trippin
Fatboy Slim
Skint1998
Praise You
Fatboy Slim
Skint1998
Song For Lindy
Fatboy Slim
Skint1996
Song For Shelter
Fatboy Slim
Skint2000
Eat Sleep Rave Repeat (Original Mix)
Fatboy Slim, Riva Starr, Beardyman
Skint2013
Give The Po' Man A Break
Fatboy Slim
Astralwerks, Skint1997
King Of Snake (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Underworld (Fatboy Slim mix)
JBO, V21999
Apache
Fatboy Slim
Skint Records1999
Rockafeller Skank
Fatboy Slim
Original Selection Records2006
Body Movin' (Fatboy Slim Remix)
Beastie Boys (Fatboy Slim mix)
Brooklyn Dust Music2009