5.8
Avg Score
3
Opinions
#47,500
All Time
12
Tracks
“Where other electronica whizzes chase dance microgenres down futuristic blind alleys, Norman "Fatboy Slim" Cook mines riffs from every era like a hip-hop DJ. His big beat kicks down the velvet-rope exclusivity of drum-and-bass or two-step garage to welcome everyone, rockers and funkers included. "I’m gonna hold my cool, ’cause the music rules," P-Funk’s Bootsy […]”
“After enjoying a few years of relative popularity, it seems big-beat's appeal and relevance are waning. Like a designer club drug that delivers heady waves of euphoria before cutting out, leaving the brain depressed and deprived of seratonin, this hip-hop/breakbeat/techno (with a dash of rock n' roll) hybrid is rapidly fading. True, big-beat by the likes of the Chemical Brothers, the Propellerhead”
“After enjoying a few years of relative popularity, it seems big-beat's appeal and relevance are waning. Like a designer club drug that delivers heady waves of euphoria before cutting out, leaving the brain depressed and deprived of seratonin, this hip-hop/breakbeat/techno (with a dash of rock n' roll) hybrid is rapidly fading. True, big-beat by the likes of the Chemical Brothers, the Propellerhead”
