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Overseer
English DJ/producer
Since 1973
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Robert George Howes, known professionally as Overseer (or Rob Overseer) is an English electronic music producer and DJ, also working under the alias Fatlantic and part of Kanute with Rachael Mantle. His works have been included in soundtracks for Blade: Trinity, The Animatrix, Snatch, Any Given Sunday and The Girl Next Door, as well as video games like Gran Turismo 3, Edgar Torronteras` Extreme Biker, Need for Speed: Underground, SSX 3, NFL Gameday 2004, Killer Chambers, several Matchstick Productions ski films, Stuntman, Twin Caliber (Rage Software, 2002) which was used to promote his then new EP "Force Multiply" in game's manual, and Ridge Racer Unbounded. His songs are also frequently used in TV commercials such as "Hairdo" for Vodafone which featured his song Velocity Shift or the Endeavor commercial for Mitsubishi, which featured "Horndog". “Velocity shift” was also used in a Dodge commercial featuring SRT’s line up for 2003 with the Dodge SRT-4, Dodge Viper, And the Dodge Ram SRT-10. Also, the MTV show Maui Fever features his single Horndog in the opening credits.
Overseer also records with singer/songwriter Rachael Gray. They first worked together on the track "Sparks" which appeared on the Overseer album "Wreckage" on the Columbia label. Following the success of "Sparks", work began on a full album project under the name Kanute. Also, former UFC fighter Ken Shamrock used Rob's "Slayed" as his entrance theme on his last two fights. In addition, Mauricio "Shogun" Rua used this song as his entrance song for UFC 76 as well as Keith Jardine for UFC 89. On 27 September 2018, Howes announced a new album and change of name stating "Overseer is no more, I am now trading as FATLANTIC" on his personal Facebook page.
Overseer's style is most frequently described as big beat.
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Rob Overseer est un DJ de musique électronique originaire de Leeds en Grande-Bretagne.
Ses compositions se retrouvent notamment dans des jeux vidéo (Need For Speed Underground, Edgar Torronteras Extreme Biker, Stuntman, ...) et au cinéma (Animatrix, Snatch...).
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Discography
Albums
- 2002 Wreckage
- 2006 Nuts and Bolts
- 2018 Offshore Breaks
- 2020 Offshore Breaks - The Instrumentals
- 2020 Macrowaves
EPs
- 1996 The Zeptastic EP
- 1997 Hit the Tarmac EP
- 1998 Hit the Tarmac
- 2000 Everything Louder Than Everything Else
- 2005 Horngod/Doomsday
- 2006 Macrowaves
- 2020 Superconductor EP
Singles
- 2024 Firing Squad