LIVE Sample Deconstruction of Fatboy Slim - Praise You + Impromptu interview with Norman Cook

Norman introduces himself around the 37:30 mark
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[@ShaunButterley]

So intense, I can't even imagine what that felt like. Congrats!!

[@SeansYTEntertainment]

What a terrific show! Astounding to have Norman join in - that says a lot about your visibility, and the significance of what you're presenting. Was fantastic, educational and inspiring to watch. Thank you!

[@13boehn]

This happenstance shines such a great light on both Norman and Karl. Obviously you came in well prepared, but the way you turned this reconstruction stream into a live interview on the spot was remarkable. Making accessible the passion behind works like these is so enriching, and you did an amazing job incorporating and communicating insights from the first hand creator! And what a pleasure for Norman to be so approachable! Kudos and thank you for this piece of inspiration.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Wow, thank you for this comment! It is spot on. Norman couldn't have been nicer or more approachable.

[@HankW]

Damn! Super interesting stuff straight from the source! What a legend for showing up like this and answering questions.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

He couldn't have been nicer about it all too.

[@madgick3]

this made a whole new appreciation for the song for me, thanks!

[@coroneos]

First time viewer just stumbling onto this here (as KZbin has clearly caught onto a recent interest in learning a "little something" about producing with samples), but wow, that was bananas! Even just catching the replay the next day here felt like quite the vicarious experience. Super rad of the man himself to hang out and share so much!

[@Indi5459]

We're living in the goddamn future. Thanks to both You and Norm for this. Great way to start my Tuesday

[@gerantgerant]

Such a fantastic stream. What a wonderful interaction. I look forward to your future videos.

[@YouCantUnhearThis]

LOVE this. This probably makes me sound old, but younger folks today have no idea just how ubiquitous this track was around the turn of the millennium. It was EVERYWHERE. And for good reason, as this detailed deconstruction shows.

[@Whom1337]

It's still everywhere in the UK, pretty much everyone knows Fatboy Slim

[@its0x33]

Incredible. How blessed are we all to enjoy his presence, no one more than you.

[@TheMysticShaman7]

This is insane ! Huge fan of Fatboy Slim since my childhood and still today As a big fan of your channel for like more than 1 year now, I would never have guessed that Norman himself would show up .. Amazing 🤩 Thanks for the Livestream ✌️✌️

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks so much! More to come soon hopefully!

[@JonnoDoesStuff]

Great video, Karl. Was obsessed with Fatboy Slim when I was a kid but never realised how much effort went into making his music. Your video's given me a newfound respect for Mr Cook's work. A delight to watch

[@YakovDub]

Wow this was so cool! With live comments especially

[@invokation]

hes simply praising you like he should

[@willielast]

dont worry, all makes sense. the chat replays as it was live. fantastic stuff & we get a living legend come to visit!!

[@Atomic_Haggis]

I love the fact you didn't completely fanboi out when Norm entered the chat and kept it solid and professional. What a fantastic interplay with the original artist!

[@mikeattheairport6394]

Subscribed before 7 minutes in. Excellent video dude, can't wait to check out your old stuff, and looking forward to new

[@PentUpPentatonics]

awesome, that was enthralling. congrats!

[@Benlito108]

this was amazing!

[@mikedebbie2889]

That was awesome!

[@subtractivemusic]

This is so cool

[@JonasPolsky]

This type of surprise is what the internet is great for

[@madagekartonowy4935]

Dude, this is definitely one of the best things ever for the ppl certain age AND you're doing a great job. Keep 'em coming plz!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks man! I haven't put this out there yet, but Norman is joining me again this coming Sunday on my livestream while I deconstruct "Weapon of Choice" at 4pm est. Should be fun!

[@nurmijo]

Saw you post this on reddit. I love sample deconstructions, subbed.

[@nic3939]

Glad to see you getting more views, Karl! Fantastic as always, and what a surprise w/ Cook himself!!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks Nic!

[@tristanheau6946]

Epic. This works. Norman will be back, I’m sure.

[@TheMisguidedTroll]

This was great

[@sneakuhatx9464]

Great steam, subscribed

[@JohnPaulBuce]

i have to praise you mr norman

[@CP9712]

This is awesome

[@NMROSTA]

WOW THIS IS SO COOL!

[@anthonyv6962]

This is great but I can imagine you were feeling a lot of pressure. You did well in keeping it together. I'm watching 6 days after the stream and I got drawn in so much that I started to try typing a question. Of course I can't because its not live. Your channel is full of great content, Thanks

[@owenjbrady]

this blows my mind

[@christianvictor827]

Wheew that was epic!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Totally wild...What a nice guy too

[@christianvictor827]

@@KarlBoltzmann Absolutely! I'm pretty sure I looked funny when he introduced himself. Like in a Looney Tunes eyes on stalks kind of way. Very nice bloke indeed. For a hardware sampler guy like me that's a bit like bumping into Jesus at Starbucks. 😂

[@KarlBoltzmann]

​@@christianvictor827 No kidding, eh? That's awesome. So glad you happened to be here for it. His hardware sampling skills were ridiculous.

[@jamesreid8840]

Nice one again Karl keep it up 👍

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Thanks as always James!

[@JB-xh8hj]

Wild saw your reddit post and found out in already subscribed

[@jmoz]

A couple of weeks ago I watched the film Strange Days for the first time and out of nowhere I heard the sample for "right here, right now", it absolutely blew my reality apart. It took almost 25 years for me to hear it.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I remember loving that movie. And yes, it is mind blowing what Norman can do with just a few words of dialogue. RHRN is such a great track too. One of my personal favourites.

[@spuddymcspud2451]

Amazing stream, well done. I got the feeling the mention of ripx deepaudio might have been a hint?

[@MarcShake]

I probably would have pissed myself. So cool.

[@OTOss8]

I've found the absolute best tool for hearing all the different elements in a song like this, and I"m being dead serious here, is a reasonable dose of magic mushrooms. You will hear elements of songs you had no clue were there but can suddenly hear in absolute crystal clarity. It's astounding. What a good place to be. Now, I'm not advocating you use this method, especially not if it is illegal where you live but if you're in a country that doesn't care too much then it's just something to keep in the back of your mind. Also, what a fucking trip to have Mr. Cook stop by. Talk about your very own Happy Hour.

[@Dr_JackHammer]

A couple of samples from Norman's tracks that haven't been approved by whosampled yet: Guitar in Weapon of Choice = Average White Band - The Message Synth riser effect in Right Here, Right Now = The Flirts - Danger Also there's stems for Weapon of Choice and Love Island available online, you can use them for reference, and there's a drum machine loop in Weapon of Choice's stems that Norman might be ok to tell you where it's from Also, in regards to Rockafeller Skank, the intro break source was found - Wind - Groovin' With Mr. Bloe, this is what's probably layered on top of David Bowie's drums for the rest of the track.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Wow, you are a wealth of information! Thank you for sharing. Mind if I ask where you got this info? I am going to check each one of these out right now. I'm working on Weapon of Choice and RHRN. Just checked out Wind - Grovin' and it has to be the one. Going to pop that into my deconstruction in a minute to take a listen.

[@Dr_JackHammer]

​@@KarlBoltzmann I got this info from knowing the people who found the samples. We're all hanging around in Sample Hunting discord server, a lot of stuff is found there regularly, but because nowadays it often takes a while for whosampled to moderate submissions, this info becomes easily publicly available with a delay.

[@fleshmunchers]

@@Dr_JackHammer Oh hey Dr. JackHammer it would be interesting to join the discussion on Discord cause i've been sample hunting Fatboy Slim tracks for almost 10 years, it would be nice to add a few bits of info I know that haven't yet been mentioned on WhoSampled...

[@Dr_JackHammer]

@@fleshmunchers Or check about section of "Sample Hunting" yt channel

[@fleshmunchers]

@@Dr_JackHammer Sure thing!

[@Votedjt2024]

Yo bro karl fatboy slim praise you is my favorite song on early years norman cook is best

[@coldbreak509]

That was epic.

[@clutch-slayer]

I never heard the talking in the beginning during the piano sample until I bought the JBL demo record for myself and had a listen!

[@KarlBoltzmann]

You have the record!? That's amazing.

[@clutch-slayer]

@@KarlBoltzmann Yes! You can still find them on eBay from time to time pretty inexpensive!

[@caivsivlivs]

that's amazing wtf

[@pixelwax2882]

Epic!

[@konstantinschultes2193]

Great content. :) Maybe you can do some Prodigy deconstruction?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

It's a good suggestion! We'll see. I've got some Shadow and Avalanches coming up next.

[@chucklebutt4470]

I love that he types kinda slow and in all lowercase. 😂 I don't know why I find that so funny and endearing.

[@kayDawgTV]

Now we just need you to rebuild the entire album. You've Come A Long Way Baby is a 90s masterpiece and basically what introduced me to electronic music.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I'll be doing something along those lines coming up.

[@christianvictor827]

​@@KarlBoltzmannOoooooo

[@kayDawgTV]

@@KarlBoltzmann I look forward to it. :-)

[@kenbolger1137]

@@KarlBoltzmann oh fantastic . As said before Karl you have fantastic ear and skill . You should look into running a patrion account and earn bit cash for your time on these deconstructions . As always I going ask you kindly share this abelton project . Can I donate sum money to you in pay pal … I really appreciate and enjoy these videos

[@kenbolger1137]

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[@TrackHustlersENT]

Rare earth is great for drums. Celebrate has like an 8 min drum solo in it

[@phartsmone854]

You should make a remix of this with other parts of the samples

[@nedscheebly731]

neat! just wondering how you know the samples/where to find them just from listening to the song? (such as knowing the piano sample previously) new subscriber btw cheers can't wait to watch all of this !

[@aarontoohey8993]

There's a cool app called whosampled, type in any song and it will tell you what samples it uses.

[@imjustsomeguy72]

Around the 1:23:00 mark I was so afraid Norman was going to turn around and say that 303 line actually WAS a sample.

[@matubula]

13:13 I hear 'sound-a-brate' rather than celebrate, I can't unhear it now.

[@KennethTakanami]

Incredible video and great watch. So so dope. Some unsolicited KZbin advice - if you change the title to something like "chatting with Fatboy Slim while recreating Praise You" it might get a few more eyeballs.

[@programmer1840]

Haha, I know the "Impeach the President" drum break.

[@evolevil1]

This timeline goes wild

[@craigkovatch7564]

Feed Me once told me that he intentionally had a trumpet play a little flat just to add some texture to a song. Re: parts that are "detuned"

[@passthecouch]

Isn't that the same deal with Scar Tissue by RHCP? His guitar was out of tune on the b or e string, and it made the iconic sound that we know. Big part of why people covering the song almost never sound quite right, no matter how well they play the part.

[@bayestiny6768]

1:30:28 Could it be Arnold Schwarzennegger’s phonemes rearranged? All the phonemes of “pazoomas” match his - keep in mind that it’s overdriven/distorted audio

[@TeaLeavesProgramming]

Weird question: How are you routing the audio from your app to the stream? Is it an actual direct source somehow, or are you just picking it up with your mic?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

I'm routing through my UAD sound card so OBS and the streamers hear everything that I hear.

[@phartsmone854]

Fatboy Slim samples the same Rare Earth track for ''Micheal Jackson'' specially the guitar riff, making them an double sample

[@bradylasserre9320]

great breakdown! random question.. do you sing at all? you're blessed with a bad ass high tenor talking voice. id bet you could sing soaring high melodies.

[@KarlBoltzmann]

That's maybe the nicest thing that's ever been said about my voice. Thanks for that. I do sing, but a lot of that music has never seen the light of day. Maybe one day.

[@capostraphe]

U remind me of DrumRollTony

[@greenplastic69]

@37:32 is when he realized haha

[@afk_hesh]

Really wish his text replies were on screen :/

[@KarlBoltzmann]

They might not be on mobile, but on a computer they should be there.

[@jcraw722]

Is there a way to read the text chat?

[@josephcrawford1400]

figured it out doesnt work on mobile

[@danieln6700]

​@@josephcrawford1400 works on mobile for me

[@christianvictor827]

Just click Live Chat next to the thumb buttons.

[@icarian76]

@@christianvictor827 thanks. 👍

[@alexmusic9989]

big news! the rocafella vocal sample has been discovered. It's jay z. Edit: It's the acapella version of who you wit if you wanted to know. Here is a breakdown of how it was sampled: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5jYhJuio8d1ZrM

[@KarlBoltzmann]

Interesting. I guess we'll see where that goes.

[@MegaMasturbator]

His reaction to Norman Cook at 37:31

[@ouros9909]

how do we know this was actually norman cook?

[@KarlBoltzmann]

We connected on IG after the stream and had a chat.

[@colinm3130]

I would normalize the audio files before manipulating them to reduce as much bit loss as possible when they get manipulated.

[@Dagardmusic]

Please deconstruct,no good or firestarter or breath from the prodigy.

[@christianvictor827]

Jim Pavloff has some good Prodigy tutorials if you don't want to wait for Karl.

[@Dagardmusic]

@@christianvictor827 thank you