Phats & Small

Phats & Small are a duo of UK house music producers and DJs, comprising Jason "Phats" Hayward and Russell Small. They define their sound as "mutant disco", and the majority of their output is heavy with disco samples. They are based in Brighton, one of the leading cities in the production of dance music in the United Kingdom. They appeared on the scene in 1998 with "Turn Around", a track that featured sampled vocals taken from Toney Lee's "Reach ... more

Phats & Small are a duo of UK house music producers and DJs, comprising Jason "Phats" Hayward and Russell Small. They define their sound as "mutant disco", and the majority of their output is heavy with disco samples. They are based in Brighton, one of the leading cities in the production of dance music in the United Kingdom. They appeared on the scene in 1998 with "Turn Around", a track that featured sampled vocals taken from Toney Lee's "Reach Up". The track was re-recorded in 1999 with the vocals sung by the British singer Ben Ofoedu, and it debuted at #3 in the UK Singles Chart, before climbing to #2, with career sales of this hit amassing them £5,000 in total due to their recording contract. In 1999, they also released their first album, Now Phats What I Small Music, a play on their name and the compilation series Now That's What I Call Music!. Ofoedu sung on two tracks, "Feel Good" and "Tonite", which were also released as singles. In 1999, Phats & Small also achieved notoriety... less