FATBOY SLIM - FATBOY SLIM NEW ALBUM IS 'EXPERIMENTAL'

British dance star FATBOY SLIM has collaborated with BLUR frontman DAMON ALBARN on his new album - to help achieve a more experimental sound.

Fatboy Slim - real name NORMAN COOK - is promising fans his new album PALOOKAVILLE is a mixture of "different sounds", and is a departure from his last record, 2000's HALFWAY BETWEEN THE GUTTER AND THE STARS.

Cook says, "It's quite different from the last few because music has moved on a lot in the last few years.

"Basically, I'm just experimenting with different sounds and trying not to sound like classic Fatboy.

"Damon Albarn sings on one track, BOOTSY COLLINS sings on another and LATEEF from BLACKALICIOUS has done some great stuff.

"The last album had a lot of house on it and this is getting back to my hip-hop roots more.

"Basically, I'm just not turned on by house music much at the moment. It's going through a fallow period and I think we need another DAFT PUNK."

Palookaville is set to be released on 4 October (04).