George Smits (Antwerp, 1944–1997), aka 'Toet', was a Belgian visual artist, comics artist, radio presenter, experimental musician and inventor of experimental musical instruments.
[2][3] Smits was also active as an actor in a few movies, and was part of Antwerp's underground arts scene (e.g. the Ercola collective[4] and also part of Fred Bervoets band and Panamarenko).
[5] This radio show, broadcast at night, gave Smits the motivation to increasingly focus on creating music (leaving some of his paintings unfinished), using instruments he had invented himself as well as effects, but also, gradually, new electronic tools.
Smith prepared his radio show very precisely, spending about 20 hours recording sounds in advance of the broadcast.
Many of Smits' instruments are acoustic and made with polystyrene, large springs and long strings.