Blacksmith are a British record production and remixing trio consisting of brothers Hugh and Karl Atkins, and Pete Trotman.
In 1988, under the alias The Beat Lads they released the single "It's You" on 4th & Broadway Records[1] then in 1989 and 1990 released the singles "Get Back to Love" and "Hold You Back" on London Records' sublabel FFRR.
& Rakim, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Massive Attack, Tony!
Toné!, Another Level, Eternal, N-Tyce,[3] Five, the Brand New Heavies, Tina Moore, Fierce, Deetah, Christina Aguilera, Blue, Big Brovaz, Jamiroquai, Atomic Kitten, Lemar, Craig David and Mis-Teeq, among others.
Tim Blacksmith along with Danny D founded the publishing company Stellar Songs, and together are the executive producers and managers of the Norwegian songwriting and production team Stargate[4][5] who have produced many top 10 and number one hits such as Billie Piper's "Day & Night", Hear'Say's "The Way to Your Love", Blue's "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word", Ne-Yo's "So Sick", "Closer", "Beautiful Monster" and "Let Me Love You", Beyoncé and Shakira's "Beautiful Liar", Rihanna's "Take a Bow", "Only Girl (In the World)", "What's My Name?"