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ANDY PALACIO COLLABORATES WITH FATBOY SLIM
British dance music superstar Fatboy Siim visited Belize in early April to participate in a unique recording session with Andy Palacio, bringing together European club grooves with the rhythms and melodies of the Garifuna community.
Fatboy Slim (reai name; Norman Cook) is a world-famous DJ whose records have sold millions of copies. Palacio is a Belizean musician whose critically acclaimed album Watina was recorded in a shack on the beach.
The unlikely pairing was inspired by Fatboy Slim's fascination with Garifuna music. "We arrived here with no real songs, no real ideas, I came here with a GD with beats and bass sounds from England and about half an idea of what to do and over the iast four days we've hung out with the local musicians, listened to what they do, tried to match the two and see what happens," he said of the sessions.
Working in the Mata Grande Recording Studio just north of San Pedro village, Fatboy Slim recorded members of the Garifuna Collective jamming on traditional Garifuna drums. Backup singers Cella Torres and Deseree Arana also provided vocals in the unique locai style. Meanwhile, Andy Palacio wrote and sang a song for the sessions, and local spoken-word poet and dancehall singer the Grandmaster also made a guest appearance. Belizean music producer Ivan Duran of Stonetree Records was on hand to help with the interaction between technology and tradition.
The sessions produced three tracks that will be released by Fatboy Slim on his next album, possibiy under the pseudonym The Mighty Dub Katz. Fatboy Siim has aiso offered to remix some tracks from Palacio's album Watina.
07/01/07
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