Arthur smith (artwork,grain,etc) appriciation thread

[Geey]

I know his productions are all amazing, but I was going through some of my old techno and house records and was going through all his grain records and some have closed loops on them and one of them is this..



I've heard loads of stories about his pranks like him getting some crazy it to shut down Croydon high street cause he told him some famous singer was recording in big apple and a couple more.
The guy is a complete wind up merchant, an utter joker.

So basically share anything genius from the great man.

[Coppola]

Thought you meant the comedian Arthur Smith, he's hilarious too.

Seen artwork DJ a few times and have been impressed actually, old school techno set at corsica studios was bangin

[Geey]

The techno he made in the late nineties was some of the best techno being made in the world, even then when techno was amazing. Richie hawtin used to bash all the tunes.
He produced Daniel beddingfield - gotta get through this (went to number one TWICE)

Here's a story about him from a thread years ago..

Hijak wrote:

That bit on that the end of that tune always gives me joke!

He's a proper joker though,

He used to do 'Surrey St Radio' with an old skool tanoy out the studio window.. Playing mad abstract beats whilst on the mic winding all the market traders below ..

another time he convinced this other nutter from the market that Lisa Stansfield (who this fella loved) was recording in the studio and that could he keep the noise down outside...After an hour or so of proper sending the fella on various missions for "Lisa" (including tampax for 'her' from out of the pub!) he left him for a while.. Next thing Art hear's beeping outside so he looks out the window and see's absolute pandamonium... The nutter had taken it upon himself to block both ends of the road of with barriers and was causing gridlock with the traffic and trams etc!!! Police there and everything!

He had a covert camera set up in his pocket and got the whole thing on film... CLASSIC!

The jelly and ice cream women, Mr aubergine...

you could go on forever.... !

I would love to see him play out more tbh