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INTERVIEW > FROM THE 90’S TO THE 20’S WITH FATBOY SLIM

“If you think now about

the stages and what you

can do with lights, lasers,

visuals and LED screens,

that has made the

experience a lot better. All

we had in those days was

two record players and a

set of speakers”

“When I was younger, if you

liked club music the only time What do you think have been the biggest changes to the
music industry since the start of your career versus now?
you could ever hear it was by I think the biggest change really is the internet. When I was

younger, if you liked club music the only time you could ever
going to a club”
hear it was by going to a club. You had to be over 18 or near
enough to get into the club. It was never played on the radio
and there was no access. You initially went to a nightclub
and you never knew what the music was, and now everyone
can hear it. Kids can hear it before they go to clubs and they
already know the music, what shows look like and what DJs
look like. So that has really changed. It’s opened a much
younger audience to dance music, so by the time people
are old enough to go to clubs, they already know everything
about it. Before, it was way more underground, so it’s really
opened it up for us. And obviously the way we play, playing
off laptops and memory sticks rather than having to lug
records around. It means we can edit tunes. If you think,
looking back at the footage of Big Beach Boutique 20 years
ago, the production we have is so rudimentary. It was like
archaic! If you think now about the stages and what you
can do with lights, lasers, visuals and LED screens, that has
made the experience a lot better. All we had in those days
was two record players and a set of speakers.

In a sense, that’s all you needed.
Yeah, but it does enhance it. It’s made it easier for us to do
and we can put on better shows. When I first started DJing I
only really DJed in England, Ibiza and America and now it’s
absolutely global.

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