Kook became one of the founders of dance genre known as big beat - the combination of hip hop, rock, break beat and R&B. In 1996, the career of the musician gave a drastic leap - his album Better Living Through Chemistry, released under the pen name of Fatboy Slim, instantly made Kook an extremely popular artist. The second album You've Come A Long Way, Baby was issued in 1998. Its hits The Rockafeller Skank, Praise You and Right Here Right Now, based on samples of classical soul tracks, got many awards and praises. The music by Fatboy Slim was actively used on television and in advertisements. In 1999, the artist married British TV-person Zoe Ball, with whom he met during one of his DJ sets on Ibiza. The Halfway Between The Gutter And The Stars full-length saw light in 2000 and featured slow, meditative track Sunset (Bird Of Prey), based on the sample of Jim Morrison from The Doors. The success was supported by the energetic single Weapon Of Choice, noticeable for its video, starring Christopher Walken. In 2002, Fatboy Slim gave a DJ concert in Brighton, which resulted in two deaths. Although there was found no guilt by Kook, he was forbidden to perform in Brighton. In 2003, Fatboy Slim parted with his wife, but the couple re-united in three months after the highly publicized separation. Nevertheless, this story had a deep impact on the emotional charge of the next album by Fatboy Slim - Palookaville, which had dance hits Slash Dot Dash and The Joker. This disc differed from the previous works in the use of real instruments and a larger number of guest vocalists.
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