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Fatboy Slim - The Rockafeller Skank | Het verhaal achter het nummer

Top 2000 a gogo · interview · Watch on YouTube

Music theory, synthesis & productionMusic performance & songsDemoscene & retrocomputing

What it is

A Dutch Top 2000 a gogo segment in which Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) explains how The Rockafeller Skank is built, in his studio. The studio shows a long-running Atari ST setup.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN links it mostly for the glimpse of Cook's studio and his decades-old Atari ST, and as an example of a sample-based track.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Highly recommend looking at the tour of fat-boy slims recording studio”

    Tour of Fatboy Slim's studio showing long-running Atari ST setup.

    dijit, 2021-06 · Recommendation · in “The parallel universe of FireWire hubs”

  2. “here's Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) in his studio in 2018: Still with Atari ST switched on”

    Norman Cook still using his Atari ST in his studio

    zbuf, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “Atari ST in daily use since 1985 [video]”

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Topics: fatboy slim, atari st, sampling, recording studio, norman cook

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