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The Pimp
''The Pimp'' is an EP by Fatboy Slim, released in 2002. It is the third and final EP in a series by Fatboy Slim; all three EPs were released on 19 November 2002. Critical reception ''Trouser Press'' praised the EP, calling the Bootsy Collins-assisted title track an "enjoyable thumping" song. Track listing # "The Pimp" (Collins, Cook) - 4:32 (Feat. Bootsy Collins) # " Drop the Hate" (Remixed By Reverend H. Lidbo & The Progressive Baptist Choir Of Stockholm) (Cook, Daniels) - 7:20 # " Star 69" (X-Press 2 Wine-Em Dine-Em 69 Supamix) (Clark, Cook, McCormack) - 8:19 # " Retox" (Getting Freqy with Fatboy) (Cook) - 8:58 # " Song for Shelter" (Pete Heller Beats and Pieces) (Clark/Slim) - 9:58 # " Talkin' Bout My Baby" (Midfield General Damian Harris, also known by his stage name Midfield General, is the original founder of the Skint Records label. A prime architect of the sound of big beat, Harris grew up listening first to punk rock, later hip hop, and acid house. He then ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known as Fatboy Slim, is an English musician and DJ who helped popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. His music makes extensive use of Sampling (music), samples from eclectic genres, combined with pop structures, processed rhythms and "sloganistic" vocals. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist for the indie rock band the Housemartins, who achieved a UK number-one single with their cover of "Caravan of Love". After the Housemartins split, Cook moved to Brighton to pursue dance music. He formed the electronic group Beats International, who produced the number-one single "Dub Be Good to Me" in 1990, and played in the band Freak Power. He also released House music, house records under names including Pizzaman (duo), Pizzaman and the Mighty Dub Katz. In 1996, Cook released his first album as Fatboy Slim, ''Better Living Through Chemistry (album), Better Living Through Chemistry'', followed by successful Remix, remixes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star 69 (Fatboy Slim Song)
"Star 69" (also known as "Star 69 (What the F**k)") is a song by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim, released on 23 April 2001 as the second single from his third studio album ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'' (2000). It was released as a double A-side single with " Weapon of Choice", as well as its own standalone release. The song peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and reached the top 40 in Australia, Finland, and Ireland. It was later sampled by Katy Perry and Nicki Minaj on their 2017 collaboration " Swish Swish". Despite being promoted as a single, "Star 69" was omitted from edited versions of ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'' due to its frequent looping of an expletive. Background The vocals on the song consist almost entirely of the repeating verse, "They know what is what, but they don't know what is what, they just strut. What the fuck?", sampled from "I Get Deep" by Roland Clark, which was also used on Fatboy Slim's song " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfield General
Damian Harris, also known by his stage name Midfield General, is the original founder of the Skint Records label. A prime architect of the sound of big beat, Harris grew up listening first to punk rock, later hip hop, and acid house. He then moved to Brighton to study art, eventually taking work as a DJ while promoting clubs around the city. In 1994, his music knowledge landed him a job at Loaded Records, where former Housemartins member Norman Cook – a friend of Harris' since his days working at the Rounder store in Brighton – recorded as Pizzaman. He is a fan of Arsenal F.C. and uses his season ticket at the Emirates Stadium. He has also appeared on episodes of the ''It's Up For Grabs Now'' and ''Tuesday Club – Arsenal'' podcasts with Alan Davies and Ian Stone. He also released a song called "Midfielding" featuring a monologue from surrealist comedian Noel Fielding. Discography Studio albums *''Generalisation'' (2000) *''General Disarray'' (2008) Live albums *'' O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Heller
Pete Heller is an English electronic and house music producer from Brighton, England. Biography He is recognised in the dance community for his solo work, and his remixes with frequent collaborator Terry Farley. As a duo, they have released popular tunes under the names Heller & Farley Project (or Farley & Heller), Fire Island plus The Look and Feel. In 1996, they released "Ultra Flava", a No. 3 hit on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. The track also peaked at No. 22 on the UK Singles Chart. In 2000, he remixed Moby's song " South Side" which charted at No. 14 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it Moby's most successful single in the US. On his own, Heller hit No. 1 on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart with "Big Love", which held the top spot for three weeks and also was ranked by ''Billboard'' as the #1 dance song of 1999. The same track peaked at No. 12 in the UK. In addition, Heller remixed the Chemical Brothers' 2002 release " Star Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song For Shelter / Ya Mama
"Song for Shelter"/"Ya Mama" is a song by British big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released as a double A-side single in September 2001. Both songs are on his 2000 album ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars''. "Ya Mama" is on the ''Charlie's Angels'' soundtrack and film and in a trailer for ''Spy Kids''. The single peaked at No. 30 on the UK singles chart. Both songs were omitted from his 2006 greatest hits compilation Why Try Harder. The CD2 single is led by the Chemical Brothers' remix of "Song for Shelter". "Song for Shelter" "Song for Shelter" is the first song on the single and the final and longest song on the album ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'', lasting over 11 minutes, with the last two and a half minutes being the hidden track, "Talkin' bout My Baby (Reprise)". "Song for Shelter" features Roger Sanchez and Roland Clark. A remix for the song by The Chemical Brothers was made and released as a separate single. The song's vocals are sampled from R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retox (song)
"Retox" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim, released in 2002 as a 12" vinyl single from his 2000 album ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars''. The single peaked at No. 73 on the UK Singles Chart. The song features Ashley Slater and for this release was remixed by DJ Dave Clarke. "It all started with Vanessa and who's Tom from The Chemical Brothers' girlfriend," Norman Cook recalled in 2001. "We Glastonbury last year. Because the year before, we'd all had terrible comedowns, so this time we spent a detoxification">detox Detoxification or detoxication (detox for short) is the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body, which is mainly carried out by the liver. Additionally, it can refer to the period o ... week at a villa in Tuscany. But on the last night we went to this vineyard and brought back a case of wine, which we drank. And Vanessa says, 'This detox thing is all very well but I can't w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X-Press 2
X-Press 2 are an English electronic dance music duo. The members are DJ Diesel (Darren House) and DJ Rocky (Darren Rock). Ashley Beedle left to pursue solo projects in 2009. They were DJ Award winners in 2002 and Ivor Novello winners in 2003. History Explaining the band's name, Darren Rock (aka 'DJ Rocky') explained that acid house legend Terry Farley of Fire Island came up with it. Rocky said, "We were originally going to call ourselves Rock 2 House, but arleywasn't really into that. So he renamed us X-Press 2. He basically liked the S'Express so kind of adapted that." X-Press 2 first rose to underground prominence through the tracks "Muzik Express" and "London Xpress" which were both released on Junior Boys Own Records. X-Press 2 also gained plaudits on the club scene for regularly playing in clubs with their multi-decked (up to six decks with three DJs) sets. Their debut US single, "The Sound" peaked at number one on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1996. 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Håkan Lidbo
Håkan Lidbo (born 20 July 1965) is a Swedish music producer, primarily active in electronica, but also other genres. He has published over 350 records on a variety of record labels, is the editor of the radio show Power and operates Volt Festival in Uppsala. He is also behind the music project Pay TV that participated in the Swedish Melodifestivalen twice. Lidbo was born in Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ..., Sweden. References External links * * Living people 1965 births Swedish record producers People from Malmö {{Sweden-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Beat
Big beat is an electronic music genre that usually uses heavy breakbeats and synthesizer-generated loops and patterns – common to acid house/techno. The term has been used by the British music industry to describe music by artists such as the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, the Crystal Method, Propellerheads, Basement Jaxx and Groove Armada. Big beat achieved mainstream success during the 1990s, and achieved its critical and commercial peak between 1995 and 1999, with releases such the Chemical Brothers’ ''Dig Your Own Hole'', the Prodigy's ''The Fat of the Land'', and Fatboy Slim's ''You've Come a Long Way, Baby'', before quickly declining from 2001 onwards. Style Big beat features heavy and distorted drum beats at tempos between 100 and 140 beats per minute, Roland TB-303 synthesizer lines resembling those of acid house, and heavy loops from 1960s and 1970s funk, Soul music, soul, jazz, and rock music, rock songs. They are often punctuated with Punk rock, pun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drop The Hate
"Drop the Hate" is a song by English big beat musician Fatboy Slim. It was released as a 12" vinyl single on 10 December 2001 from his third studio album, ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars ''Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars'' is the third studio album by English electronic music producer Fatboy Slim. It was first released on 6 November 2000 in the United Kingdom by Skint Records and a day later in the United States by Astr ...''. The single peaked at No. 101 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was released in December 2001, like his previous single, "Song for Shelter (Remix)". A remix of the song appears as a B-side to " Talkin' Bout My Baby". Its vocal contains samples from a 1974 sermon by Reverend W. Leo Daniels called "The Answer to Watergate". Daniels, the then-pastor of the Greater Jerusalem Baptist Church of Houston, Texas, had eleven albums released by Jewel Records on its "Jewel Devotional Series". Track listing # "Drop the Hate (Santos Napalm rep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
