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

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.

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Why HN readers recommended 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.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
Top 2000 a gogo
Topic
music production
Format
interview
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2021–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • > It seems those old Macs may still be in service in niche applications, most notably in audio processing chains at radio stations or recording studios. Highly recommend looking at the tour of fat-boy slims recording studio for an example of this kind of airgapped …

    dijit on Hacker News · 2021-06
    In The parallel universe of FireWire hubs

  • Not just any old musician, here's Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) in his studio in 2018: Still with Atari ST switched on, connected to the gear, and loading in old floppies of "The Rockerfeller Skank" from the 90s: [VIDEO] YouTube commentor says "it's like a living …

    zbuf on Hacker News · 2021-09
    In Atari ST in daily use since 1985 [video]

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