Štěpán Smetáček was born in Prague, Czech Republic to a musical family, his father a known jazzman, mother a musicologist and grandfather a symphony conductor. He completed studies at the Conservatory in Prague with a disciplaine in percussion instruments. He quickly became a well known drummer and since then has been busy with various engagements and recordings. As a studio drummer he recorded more then 30 cd's, played with Czech and international projects of various music styles. Štěpán participates like a composer or producer on many of these projects.
Since 1995 Stepan released 6 solo albums with his original project New Orchestra of Dreams. Nowadays is N.O.D. 15-member jazzrock bigband. Currently Stepan Smetacek performs with legendary czech rock bands, zenTOUR and Wanastowi Vjecy. In 2009 creates avantgard-jazz-punk trio NTS with composer of contemporary art-music and keyboard player Michal Nejtek and jazz double-bass player Petr Tichy.