No Smoke was an early alias for UK legend Tony Thorpe (Moody Boyz) and his production partner Fred McPablo. They realised ‘International Smoke Signals’ in 1990 as a deep answer to the frivolities of the Acid House phenomena, offering a style that was much more connected to Black Atlantic culture – dub, soul and Afro-Latin rhythm – than the vast majority of cod-spiritual squashiness and rote party music that exploded into circulation from ’87 onwards.