Smokey Joe & The Kid

Smokey Joe & The Kid
Smokey Joe & The Kid
Background information
Origin	Bordeaux, France
Genres	Hip hop; electro;
Labels	Banzaï Lab
Website	https://www.banzailab.com/artists/sjtk/
Members	Matthieu Perrein; Hugo Sanchez;

Smokey Joe & The Kid is a French hip-hop-electro group from Bordeaux.

Biography

Formed in 2009, the group Smokey Joe & The Kid is made up of two beatmakers from Bordeaux, Matthieu Perrein and Hugo Sanchez. Hugo Sanchez is also known for his solo project under the name of Senbeï.

The group produces hip-hop in which bass music meets jazz, funk and soul.

It has also created official remixes for the groups C2C, Deluxe and Chinese Man.

Originally a duo, the formation from Bordeaux of Smokey Joe & The Kid from now on performs as a live band.

Smokey Joe & The Kid notably collaborated with numerous artists such as a Fred Wesley (James Brown), Pigeon John, Puppetmastaz, R-Wan (Java), ASM, Chill Bump, Youthstar (Chinese Man), Charles X, Yoshi, Ua Tea, NON Genetic (Shadowhuntaz), Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), The Procussions, Blake Worrell (Puppetmastaz), Lateef The Truthspeaker (Quanum Project), MysDiggi, or Dj Netik.

With over 12 million views on YouTube and 2.5 million listens on SoundCloud, Smokey Joe & The Kid benefits from a certain renown around the world.

The group already has several tours to its credit, in France and abroad (Canada, China, Russia, United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Columbia, Costa Rica, Switzerland…).

It has also performed in a number of major festivals: Glastonbury Festival (UK), Boomtown Fair (UK), Igloo Fest (Montreal), Picnik Electronic (Montreal), Fusion Festival (Germany), Garorock (France), Stereoleto (Russia), FISE Festival (Costa Rica), Valkhof Festival (Netherlands), …

Discography

EPs

2012 : The Grand EP
2014 : The Game
2014 : Rough & Tough
2015 : Smokid Inc.
2017 : Keep Calm and Take Control

Albums

2013 : Nasty Tricks
2016 : Running To The Moon
2017 : Take Control

Remixes

2011 : AlgoRythmiK - Andrew's Break (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2011 : The Monkey Song (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2012 : Dirty Honkers - Sugar (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2013 : C2C – Happy (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2013 : DELUXE Feat.Youthstar - Daniel (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2015 : Chinese Man Feat. Youthstar & Dynamite MC - Don't Scream (Smokey Joe & The Kid Remix)
2017 : Remixes To The Moon

Singles for free download

2013 : Night Scene
2013 : Schön
2014 : Rascal Wars
2015 : Some Intergalactic Body Movin

Awards

2013 : Laureates of the SFR Jeunes Talents Printemps de Bourges contest
2015 : Laureates of the FAIR 2015

References

External links

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