Freak power
| Freak power | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Funk Pop |
| founding | 1994 |
| resolution | 1997 |
| Founding members | |
| Norman Cook | |
Singing, trombone
|
Ashley Slater |
Keyboard , vocals |
Cyril McCammon (first CD) |
| Dale Davies (first CD) | |
| Pete Eckford (first CD) | |
| Jim Carmichael | |
| former members | |
Electric bass |
Jeese Graham (second CD) |
| Norman Cook (second CD) | |
Singing, tambourine
|
Lucy Vandi (second CD) |
Keyboard |
Eddie Stevens (second CD) |
Freak Power was an English band that played a mix of acid jazz with funk , soul and trip-hop . The band was formed by Norman Cook , later known as Fatboy Slim , Ashley Slater , who was a trombonist with the jazz big band Loose Tubes in the 1980s , and four other musicians. In 1997 the band was dissolved again. Most of the songs were written by Norman Cook, Ashley Slater, or both together.
Career
The single Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out was a minor hit in the UK charts when it was first released in 1993. After the song in TV commercial taxi of Levi's - jeans -Werbung was produced, it gained international prominence. It reached number 36 in the Swiss singles charts, number 23 in the Netherlands and number 17 in New Zealand.
The band released two albums: Drive Thru Booty in 1994 with hits Rush and Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out , the title of which is a pun on the phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" by Timothy Leary , and More Of Everything For Everybody in 1996, whose song # 6 was played in the movie Code 46 .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 DE
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 AT
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 CH
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 UK
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 US
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| 1994 | Drive-thru booty |
DE32 (12 weeks) DE |
AT29 (9 weeks) AT |
CH31 (3 weeks) CH |
UK11 (6 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: April 1994
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| 1996 | More of Everything - For Everybody | - | - |
CH34 (5 weeks) CH |
UK100 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: June 1996
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Compilations
- 2000: Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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DE
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AT
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CH
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UK
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US
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| 1993 | Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out Drive-Thru Booty |
DE21 (20 weeks) DE |
- |
CH36 (3 weeks) CH |
UK3  (20 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: October 1993
|
| 1994 | Rush Drive-Thru Booty |
- | - | - |
UK62 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: February 1994
|
| Get In touch Drive-Thru Booty |
- | - | - |
UK88 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: April 1994
|
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| 1996 | New Direction More of Everything - For Everybody |
- | - | - |
UK60 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: June 1996
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| 1998 | no way | - | - | - |
UK29 (3 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: May 1998
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Film music
In the 90s, the song Waiting for the story to end ran as background music in the Marienhof series and also appeared on the Marienhof album released in 1995.