The Fat! Club - About Us

About Us

Paul ‘Trouble’ Arnold, Dance music pioneer and creator of the well-respected Certificate 18 imprint, has been rocking venues for more than 10 years with his Chew The Fat! parties. Synonymous with fresh parties, cutting edge music and good, unpretentious fun, the Chew The Fat! influence on Electronic music cannot be underestimated. The impressive list of DJs who have played at Chew The Fat! simply speaks for itself with Adam Freeland, Plump DJs, Ali B, Rennie Pilgrem, Medicine 8, Freq Nasty, Stanton Warriors, Koma & Bones, Meat Katie, Tayo, Soul Of Man, BLIM, Hyper, Layo & Bushwacka!, Lee Coombs, Tom Middleton & James Zabiela all playing a part in the night’s success. Whilst the flagship night (now residing at London's premier venue - The End) still succeeds in attracting sell out crowds, the Fat! brand has expanded into other territories. Fat! now has regular events in Austria, Scotland, Germany, Georgia, USA, Spain, South America, Slovenia & Hungary, as well as recently securing a residency at Space in Ibiza and hosting arenas at several UK festivals.

Building on the success of Chew The Fat!, Arnold launched Fat! Records in 2001 with Peacemaker’s ‘Crisis'. The label now boasts over 40 releases from the likes of Baobinga & I.D, Unique 3, Merka, Dom Kane, Kid Blue, Apollo Kids & Tayo.

Fat! has excelled in launching the careers of bright new talent. Friendly reached critical acclaim in 2004 with ’10 Things You Need To Know About Friendly’, also receiving the award for Best Newcomer at the International Breaks Awards. More recently, new signing, Merka, has wowed the industry with his debut album - Beserka, receiving radio support from Zane Lowe, Annie Nightingale & Eddie Temple-Morris (XFM) as well as a string of features in the Dance press, here and abroad.

The development of new & upcoming producers continues unabated with fresh cuts coming up from Baobinga & I.D., Merka & Dom Kane as well as remixes from high profile artists such as The Rogue Element, Vandal, Blatta & Inesha and Si Begg. With a nod to his roots, Paul Arnold also recently signed proto-Dance innovator Unique 3 and re-released his 1989 classic ‘The Theme’ with a clutch of 2007 remixes. His new album – Invasive Signals came out in Oct 07.

With the success of their last ‘Chew The Fat! At The End Presents’ mix compilation by Hook N Sling, the next instalment, mixed by The Rogue Element & out in March 2008, will be released to celebrate their 10th birthday!

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