A year or so ago I was asked by The Prodigy to create ideas for new LP art - A pretty open & minimal brief based on the bands dna & musical ethos - 3 - 4 days for a deadline, a no win no fee kind of pitch. My collage sketches ranged from a Mother Earth Cadaver to a smoked head of a Moirai chief, a beelzibub child, a satanik post-apocalyptic assassin {in tights} and a series of pimped up Prodigy Hotwheels HotRods. I worked around the clock and one night at 3am ended up throwing darts into my library to generate random ideas. These images were all starting points. The ProdHotRod or ProdRod was my favourite - I imagined the band animated into a real toycars, boostin’ around in an invented Matchbox Hotrod. I’ve been real hesitant to post these unseen test works - but Ive increasingly been thinking maybe me sharing the 3 days I spent privatley immersed in their world is my way to pay a tribute to the life and times of the Mr. Keith Flint. and the Prodigy boys. I myself was a teenage breakbeat Dj n crate digger in NWLondon in 88-91’, the golden time when London started mashing hiphop breaks into US house n UKreggae & created a new - then nameless hybrid music - the birthplace for many a genre - jungle etc.. The Prodigy crew were in the thick of it then and I remember being captivated by Sharkys energy and 3am dancing in squat rave in Dollis Hill around then. Mind blowing. I doth my cap to the boys journey - timeless. It really was an honour to have caught their eye and be in the mix for LP Art so many years later. Peace & Respect. 🏴 #ripkeefflint #cutitoutstudio
