The Fatboy Slim-Norman Cook Collection - 2000 (mp3-vbr) [rykker]

The Fatboy Slim/Norman Cook Collection - 2000 [rykker]



Year of Release : 2000
Running Time : 64:20

Tracklist

01 –Beats International Won't Talk About It 04:36
02 –Pierre Henry & Michel Colombier Psyché Rock (Fatboy Slim Malpaso Mix) 06:30
03 –Deeds Plus Thoughts The World's Made Up 0f This & That (Fatboy Slim Mix) 05:46
04 –Beats International Echo Chamber 05:54
05 –Beats International Dub Be Good To Me 03:38
06 –Jean-Jacques Perrey E.V.A. (Fatboy Slim Remix - Radio Edit) 03:45
07 –A Tribe Called Quest I Left My Wallet In El Segundo (Vampire Mix) 03:44
08 –Beats International The Sun Doesn't Shine 03:53
09 –Shinehead Start An Avalanche 04:28
10 –Wildchild Renegade Master (Fatboy Slim Old Skool Mix) 05:59
11 –Lunatic Calm Roll The Dice (Fatboy Slim Vocal Mix) 06:39
12 –James Brown Payback (The Final Mixdown) 05:54
13 –Beats International Tribute To King Tubby 03:39

Before setting global music charts afire with his Fatboy Slim alias, Norman Cook was merging his love of '70s funk breaks with classic Jamaican dub sound system rhythms. Shortly following his stint with UK indie popsters the Housemartins, Cook founded Beats International as a creative outlet for his growing interest in dance music. Using studio musicians, rappers, vintage vinyl recordings, and samples, he fashioned clever, catchy pop tunes that were to become the basis for the genre now known as "funky breaks."
This collection compiles some of the high points of the Beats International catalog with some of Cook's other early production credits and remixes. Cook's debt to Jamaican producers is clearly indicated by "Tribute to King Tubby," a homage to the slain dub remix innovator, while on "Echo Chamber," he juxtaposes a Steve Miller vocal refrain with ragga vocalizations and a house-styled 4/4 pulse. This unlikely combination of sources is held together by a relaxed, dubbed-out production. Cook also borrows from French electronic music pioneers such as Jean Jacques Perry; of particular interest is the remix of Perry's "E.V.A.," which mixes kitsch melodies from a Moog synthesizer with an uptempo hip hop break.



Format : MPEG Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Mode : Joint stereo
Duration : 4mn 36s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 287 Kbps
Minimum bit rate : 32.0 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Sampling rate : 44.1 KHz
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 9.46 MiB (100%)
Writing library : LAME3.99r
Encoding settings : -m j -V 0 -q 0 -lowpass 22.1 --vbr-new -b 32