- Music
- 23 Oct 13
Norman Cook is back with a promo for his new single.
Due out October 27, 'Eat, Seep, Rave, Repeat' finds Fatboy Slim teaming up with Italian DJ Riva Starrto produce a real thumper custom-built for the dance floor.
The single edit is remixed by hitmaker Calvin Harris, whilst the video (below) features fitting footage of a marathon rave session and some soundbytes from the revellers.
The song itself debuted this summer. Speaking to our own Stuart Clark in August, Cook said of the collaboration:
“I’ve kind of lost my erection for going into the studio, but myself and Stef were out early morning record shopping in Brooklyn and bumped into this random guy who was ranting about some three-day bender he’d been on… or was still on!
“We simultaneously had the same thought – ‘Let’s record this bloke and chop him up into a tune!’ It was like the old days when you didn’t think, you just did.”
Was it “Stormin’ Norman!” again in the trouser department?
“I’m going to regret that erection analogy, aren’t I?”
Yes.
“Thought so! It was fun and the reaction from people has been fucking phenomenal. After making records for nearly a quarter-of-a-century, I feel I’ve been there, done that. Making tunes on a laptop doesn’t have that frontier edge of inventing ways to abuse samplers and drum-machines. You don’t feel like you’re breaking rules any more, you’re just pressing buttons. There’s still that genuine thrill though when you get an idea and think, ‘This will turn people on!’ What bullied me into finishing the tune was the way punters picked up on the vocal when I dropped it into my set. I thought, ‘Fuck me, that’s my ‘lager lager lager’!’”
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After wowing Electric Picnic in September, three years on from his last LP release, it looks like the big beat superstar is ready to re-engage with the mainstream.