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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), …

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