Phuture is an American house music group from Chicago, founded in 1985 by Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., Nathaniel Pierre Jones aka DJ Pierre, and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson.
Originally, it was recorded to tape and played by DJ Ron Hardy at the Chicago nightclub Music Box,[3] supposedly already in 1985.
After "Acid Tracks", Phuture released a number of acid house and Chicago house tracks now considered classics of the genre, usually as 12-inch vinyl maxi singles.
Their sound is gloomy and monotonous in nature; many tracks are very long, at times passing the 10-minute mark.
The group has recorded under several pseudonyms, generally using the substitution of ph or pf for f, as, for example, in Phortune or Pfortune.