Joe Smooth

Joe Smooth

Joe Smooth is a United States-based house and deep house musician, DJ, producer, engineer and writer associated with the Chicago house scene. He is self-taught and begins making original music at the age of 12. As a teenager, he builds a reputation as a DJ in the underground Chicago house music scene.

He is best known for late 1980s deep house tracks including “Promised Land” and “I Try”. “Promised Land” becomes his best-known recording and is noted for its message about people reaching the “promised land” together as brothers and sisters. The track also appears in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, where it features on the fictional House Music station SF-UR.

Joe Smooth remains active as a musician and producer. Over the course of his career he works in various roles, including remixer, producer, engineer and writer, and collaborates with a wide range of artists including Whitney Houston, Donnell Jones, Destiny’s Child, Sisqo, Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, A Guy Called Gerald, Lil Louis, D’Bora, Tyree Cooper, Fast Eddie, Fingers Inc., The Art Of Noise, Sterling Void, The Pet Shop Boys, Janet Jackson, The Style Council, New Order and Steve Hurley.