About Nass
From pots and pans to Vintage Ludwig, Hammond Organs and beyond.
ARTIST / MUSICIAN / FILMMAKER
About Nass
Nasser Bouzida is a British musician, songwriter, producer, artist and filmmaker whose career spans more than three decades. Best known as co-founder, frontman and principal songwriter of acclaimed Hammond organ band Big Boss Man, he has built a reputation for blending 1960s inspired funk, Latin soul, rhythm and blues, ska, Reggae and psychedelia into a distinctive and instantly recognisable sound.
IN DEPTH
Nass’s Story
Alongside Big Boss Man Nasser has developed several acclaimed recording projects. As the Bongolian, he has released a series of instrumental albums influenced by library music cinematic soundtracks, funk and Latin jazz.
Big Boss sound explores the rich traditions of Jamaican ska rocksteady and early reggae reflecting a lifelong passion for vintage Jamaican music, he has also released solo records under his own name including albums on Spinout Nuggets Records showcasing his love of garage rock soul rhythm and blues and 1960s inspired songwriting.
Nasser Bouzida is a self-taught musician who has been playing and composing since the ripe age of 15. He made his TV debut on Saturday Superstore when he was just 12 years old.
Starting his journey on his Mum’s pots and pans, she eventually bought him a drum kit, and he slowly started playing percussion, bass guitar, piano and keyboards, eventually moving on to production and mixing too.
Nass formed the Ska band The Loafers with his school mates when he was just 15. They backed Laurel Aitken for two years and regularly supported Desmond Dekker and Bad Manners. He has since played in groups such as Skooby, Espadrille and currently Big Boss Man (with his life-long friend Trevor Harding), in addition to The Bongolian, also recently releasing a solo Reggae/Roots/Ska album under the pseudonym Big Boss Sound.
ACROSS DISCIPLINES
CREATIVE PRACTICE
Be it music, art or film Nasser has a strict routine starting with getting inspiration over morning coffee, listening to albums by his musical heroes, could be Jimmy McGriff, Tito Puente or Zigaboo Modeliste. Watching Italian Giallo films by Mario Bava or flipping through an Alphonse Mucha art collection book, Focussed practice is a big part of the morning by looking at specific techniques and grooves rather than just noodling which is fun but more of a late night affair.
ART
Riot of colour and tripadalic nouveau imagery.
FILM
A fairy tale feast of colour and sound.
Music
Sonic vibrations to excite your eardrums.
Heroes
Musicians - Jimmy McGriff, Brian Auger, Ennio Morricone, Piero Piccioni, Tito Puente, The Specials, Ginger Baker, John Bonham, Zigaboo Modeliste, Small Faces, Alan Hawkshaw, Jimmy Smith, and Jackie Mittoo.
Artists - Sandro Symeoni, Alphonse Mucha, Wes Wilson, Paul Berthon, Eugene Grasset, Koloman Moser, and Aubrey Beardsley.
Film Directors - Mario Bava, Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergio Leone, Peter Collinson, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ingmar Bergman.
★★★★ BLUES & SOUL | ★★★★ SHINDIG! | ★★★★★ MONKEY BOXING
BIG BOSS MAN
A Hip Hammond Hybrid of 60’s R’N’B, Latin, Soul, Bongo-Fuzz and Funk.
Latest News & Releases
2026
Brand new Soul EP “Don’t Take My Baby Away” featuring guest singer Charlotte Benson, getting a lot of airplay, especially on BBC 6 Music, and latest LP “Join the Jet Set” out now.
2025
Big Boss Man’s dance-floor favourite “Sea Groove” has exceeded 9 MILLION streams on Spotify!
Brand new 7” single & video “Lambretta Boogaloo” commissioned especially for the 34th Euro-Lambretta Jamboree. BBM lost Reggae Rarities sessions released on cassette!
2024
A brand new 7” “Das Freak” and LP “Bossin’ Around” on Spinout Records, airplay from Craig Charles and Cerys Matthews on BBC 6 Music, BBC Radio Ulster, Mid Sussex Radio, Cam FM, Totally Wired, Harbour FM and more in the UK, and from YLE (Finnish National Radio), KGOU (USA), Canal B (France), Radio Jazz (Russia), Face Radio (Brooklyn), to name a few, in the wider world.
Select dates in Spain, Germany, France, England & Wales.
2023
BBM release a brand new double A-side 7” on Spinout Records: “Do the Backstroke” / “Mother’s Earth”.
Highlights include Leonesaccion Festival in Spain, a sell-out show in Madrid, packed shows in London and airplay on the Cerys Matthews BBC 6 Music show.
Big Boss Man’s tune “Sea Groove” is featured in the film I Used To Be Famous. The feature film #iusedtobefamous is the 4th most viewed film GLOBALLY. Top 10 in over 60 countries. Over 11.6 MILLION hours viewed over a 7-day period.
2022
Two new 7” singles were released autumn 2022: “Juju Funk” & “Double Groovy” on Blow Up Records.
The Big Boss Man Story
When Big Boss Man hit the stage you don’t just get the look and feel of some of the best jazzy soundtracks of the 60’s but the feel you’re somewhere in the best territory of Roy Budd during his Get Carter years.
Big Boss Man’s explosive live show is legendary and as well as playing hundreds of gigs and festivals across the UK, Europe and even Russia, their music may sound familiar to you, being regularly played on television shows including The Grand Tour, Come Dine with Me, the World Cup Final and even Strictly Come Dancing!
Also broadcast on BBC Radio by DJs including Cerys Matthews, Craig Charles and Mark Lamarr. BBC Radio London’s Robert Elms regularly opens up his show with BBM’s “Theme from Last Man on Earth”.
A check on the BBC website reveals 20 plays in recent times for Big Boss Man songs and a glance at their Publishers Statement shows that Big Boss Man music has been broadcast in film and TV in dozens of countries worldwide.
Live Performances & Highlights
Highlights include NYE at the Sage, Gateshead with Vintage Trouble, the Cult music Festival, Cosmic Trip in Bourges, France, Germany’s 2 Men From L.I.N.Z Weekender, Looe Festival in Cornwall, the award-winning Good Life Experience, Port Eliot Festival, Blow Up Records’ 25th Birthday show at the legendary 100 Club and sold-out shows in Brighton, at the Troubadour in London, Cwmdu Studios in Wales, the Louisiana in Bristol and at the Railway Hotel in Southend.
Big Boss Man also provide music for the soundtrack to the multi-award-winning documentary “Tales from Tin Pan Alley”, showing at film festivals worldwide now!
Previous Work & Collaborations
Previously BBM have:
Recorded 4 albums for Blow Up Records.
Toured Spain 8 times.
Taken a mini-tour of Russian Tinkoff Brewery Bars.
Provided the soundtrack to a Mighty Boosh film (Sweet).
Remixed a Paul Weller single (The Bottle).
Had their debut 7” single “Sea Groove” sampled by Thievery Corporation (The Numbers Game).
Played live sessions and Latitude Festival for Mark Lamarr.
Played a live session for Cerys Matthews.
Remixed a German 70s kids programme theme tune (Robi Tobi und das Fliewatuut).
Watch & Follow Big Boss Man
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_Y2TVZv6Ec
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BigBossManOfficial/
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ZEPiznKqWSTc8YMITtM0X
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigbossmanmusic
“Mightily funky, Hammond driven bongo rhythms… part mod, part Sergio Mendes, very swingin…”
— TIME OUT
From the early days of The Loafers to touring around Spain with Big Boss Man, here are some key moments:
Career Highlights
2025
Release and success of Big Boss Man's Lambretta Boogaloo the summer hit on 7" vinyl.
2000
Transmusicales Festival in Rennes France which was solely responsible for starting The Bongolian live show.
Euro Ye Ye Festival 1998, a pivotal moment that started our Spanish Tours.
1998
Behind the Work
A little look at what goes on behind the sights and sounds of music art and beyond.
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Performances
EXPLORE
Across Sound, Image and Film.
A selection of work spanning sound, image and film, bringing together projects, collaborations and creative work from each area.
MUSIC
Discover Nasser’s music across Big Boss Man, The Bongolian, Big Boss Sound and releases under his own name.
Art
Find original drawings, paintings and sketches with prints available of various collections.
FILM
From the creative mind of Nasser Bouzida (Big Boss Man) comes a series of short films reimagining the classic Grimm Fairy Tales with a psychedelic ’60s twist.
Have a question?
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