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 Commonly
regarded as the disco filter innovator, Sneak's trademark style
(whether he is playing Latin salsa rhythms or jackin' Chicago beats)
has taken him all around the world and has landed him very respectable
positions in the DJ Mag World's Top 100 DJ poll for as long as I
can remember.
Born
in Puerto Rico in 1970, known only then as Carlos Sosa, a young
Sneak was surrounded by the Latin American sounds of salsa and merengue.
It was in 1983 when Carlos was 13 years old that la familia SOSA
moved to Chicago.
Always the artist, a young Sneak would while away his younger years
tagging local alley-ways and at the same time listen to his local
radio WBMX, where he would hear early pioneers Farley "Jack-master"
Funk, Steve "Silk" Hurley and the Hotmix 5 spin and spread word
of House.
In was in 1986 Carlos decided to take to the turntables' doing house
parties, birthday's, weddings all paying gigs to support his love
for records and house music.
A few years after he worked at record stores The Hip House later
Gramaphone Records we're he was well on the way to stardom. It was
through the shop that he managed to hook up with Derrick Carter,
who encouraged him and influenced DJING "Boomty-Boomp" style and
music that helped develop his signature sound.
Sneaks own Defiant Record label was born in 1992, which he also
used to unleash his music to an unsuspecting world, his debut release
being "Sneaky Traxx Vol.1".
His first two albums "Rice & Beans Please" and "The Blue Funk Files"
were released on Cajual and Relief Records, two of the most pivotal
record labels from Chicago, which helped the careers of many young
producers developing out of the windy city.
It
was in 1997 on his buddy Derrick Carters "Classic" imprint that
Sneak introduced us to his reworking of a Teddy Pendergrass gem,
"U Cant Hide From Your Bud", a monster of a track that would become
synonymous with the Sneak sound.
Sneak
then went on to pump out numerous titles and EP's on well-established
labels like Strictly Rhythm, Downtown, Cajual and Relief. Since
then Sneak has managed to amass a number of his own labels under
his heavy weight belt.
Magnetic
dropped in 2001 and the most recent addition to the Sneak Empire
being Ooomph! Until now, Magnetic has been a Sneak only label, and
has brought us titles like "Smokey Hill St", "I Dropped My Glow
Stick" and last years smash "Fix My Sink", sources tell me Sneak
has just signed a few new tracks from Brett Johnson, a very Chicago
"jacker" named "underground" that he is releasing on Magnetic, it
must be corker if he is bending the rules for him!
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