Beats International was a British electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook, after his departure from The Housemartins.

Beats International was an electronic music band, formed in the late 1980s by Norman Cook , after his departure from The Housemartins . A loose confederation of musicians, the line-up also included vocalists Lindy Layton and Lester Noel, rapper MC Wildski , and keyboardist Andy Boucher. Unusually, the band’s live line-up also incorporated a graffiti artist, who would paint designs on a backdrop while the musicians played. Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo spawned the number one UK single D