As electronic music continued to evolve throughout the 1990s, Fatboy Slim brought together house and breakbeat rhythms with influences from hip-hop, funk and rock, creating a sound that soon reached far beyond the club scene.
Fatboy Slim, born Norman Quentin Cook, rose to global prominence in the second half of the 1990s, as big beat became an increasingly prominent force in electronic music – an energetic blend of breakbeat, house, hip-hop, funk and rock. His 1996 debut album "Better Living Through Chemistry" was followed by "You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby", which established him as one of the most sought-after producers and DJs of his generation. Tracks such as "The Rockafeller Skank" and "Praise You" became classics of 1990s dance music, while the Spike Jonze-directed video for "Praise You", featuring a seemingly spontaneous dance troupe performing outside a cinema, became one of the era’s most recognisable music videos.