Blog: Bossa Blog

The Brighton Port Authority was an outfit who built a huge word-of-mouth reputation on England's south coast from the early 1970s before petering out in the mid-'90s. From what can be pieced together, they were a loose-limbed jamming unit. At its core were musicians Norman Cook (Fatboy Slim) and Simon Thornton, who gathered various singers and session men around them, built the rather ramshackle BPA studio, and would occasionally hold multi-day warehouse parties from which their semi-legendary reputation stems. The BPA's modus operandi appears to have been to convene for sessions at times pre-agreed according to astrological [...]

• The BPA - Toe Jam feat. Dizzee Rascal & David Byrne - Stanton Warriors Remix