A Conversation With Norman Cook

EARLIER THIS YEAR I e-mailed Norman Cook via Skint Records, telling him about the electrofunkroots project and my intention to document the early 80's period more thoroughly. Some weeks later I received a reply from the company, saying they'd passed on my message and asking for my phone number so Norman could call me direct to set a date when he could answer the questions I wanted to put to him. The call came in August; it was the first time I'd spoken to him since 1990.