Author: Eileen Shapiro

There are moments in music when timing, talent, and truth collide—and something electric happens. That’s exactly the case with the new house mix of “Younger,” as DJ Joe Smooth breathes fresh, pulsing life into Irene Michaels’s emotionally resonant track, originally written by Michael Levine. The EP features mixes by Special Tee, Sol Brothers, and DJ K’Alexi. Joe Smooth—an architect of the Chicago house sound—doesn’t just remix songs. He reinterprets them. With “Younger,” he takes a track rooted in reflection and reinvention and elevates it into something kinetic, something alive on the dance floor. The result isn’t just a remix—it’s a transformation of perspective. At…