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, Fryars and Petite Noir. He has worked on such popular and critically acclaimed albums as '' Total Life Forever'' and '' Sounds of the Universe''.

Career

Clor

From 2003 to 2005, Smith founded with Barry Dobbin and provided lead guitars and vocals for the band Clor. He co-wrote and produced their eponymous sole album which was released in 2005 to critical acclaim. In May 2006, Smith and his co-founder announced Clor had split up. Later, in 2010, their album was voted number 1 topping NME's “100 greatest albums you've never heard".

Production and writing

In 2007 to present, Smith has produced a number of critically acclaimed releases. Of his work, Smith’s most noted is his production of the seminal second album Total Life Forever by Foals in Gothenburg in 2010 and programming of the twelfth studio album Sounds of the Universe by

in 2009. He has writing credits on a number of these recordings; he co-wrote ''The King of Anxiety'', the debut EP by Petite Noir, from which the song "Chess" has 4.5 million streams. His recordings have been released on labels Mute,

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, Pias, Moshi Moshi, Kitsune, Transgressive, Geffen.

Performance and music direction

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's Sheezus world tour which played in the UK, Europe, US and Australia. He played guitar live as well as being responsible for the show's music at large. In 2019, Luke worked on musical direction for the Raconteurs. He has scored the music for a number of film, radio and TV projects.

Remixing

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and "After Dark" by

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in 2004, Perfume by Sparks in 2006, "Nothing But Green Lights" by Tom Vek and "Sister In Love" by

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in 2005, "X-ray" by The Maccabees (band), "Behave" by Charlotte Hatherley and " Reactor Party" by Shitdisco in 2006, "Benedict Arnold" by FrYars in 2008. Smith going under the name Lagos Boys Choir also remixed the hit singles "Focker" by Late Of The Pier, "Bullet Proof" by La Roux and "Miles Away" by

throughout 2008 and 2009.

Nominations and awards

In 2010, the album Sounds of the Universe was nominated and shortlisted for the Best Alternative Music Album award in the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards. In 2010, the album '' Total Life Forever'' was nominated for the prestigious

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. His work Spanish Sahara, the lead single off the album, won the 'Best Song' award at the

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in 2011.

References

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