FABRIC COMPILATION
AND TOUR
DJ SNEAK
With over 20 years of DJing and more than 20k records in his vinyl collection, one of the world’s most talented house hero’s, DJ Sneak, steps into the Fabric arena lending his genius tune selection, deck wizardry and pure love of house music to the brand new Fabric 62 compilation. Sneak’s mix is ripe with a plethora of carefully selected contemporary house nuggets with echoes of Chicago and the Jackin’ House sound he loves, drizzled with elements of techno and dusted with overtones of big band swing fun too, it’s all here and mixed to perfection! Sneak performed and recorded the mix live without the use of any computers - indeed a testament to how tight this monstrous house jock really is!
Fabric 62 : DJ Sneak will be released Worldwide on CD and Digital on 20th February 2012 with the USA CD release on 27th March 2012.
The album is available to pre-order HERE
Fri Jan 27: Terminal, Naples, Italy
Sat Jan 28: Sankeys, Manchester, UK
Fri Feb 3: Headway, Dundee, UK
Sat Feb 4: Showcase, Paris, France
Fri Feb 17: Watergate, Berlin, Germany
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Sat Feb 18: Fabric, London, UK
Fri Feb 24: Dolans, Limerick, Ireland
Sat Feb 25: Grelle Forelle, Vienna, Austria
Thu Mar 15: Jacked Up, Atlanta, USA
Fri Mar 23: Shine, Miami Beach, USA
DJ Sneak tour dates:
Sunshine, beach life and Salsa music on the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico provided a backdrop for DJ Sneak’s upbringing. - “Music is a huge part of the Puerto Rican way of life and I feel blessed to have been born in such a musical cultured place. The rhythms, sounds, melody and Latin beats ran through my veins as a young kid which is still very much a part of me, the tones still resonate in my mind and I use them when I produce music.” Sneak moved to Chicago in 1983 and was captivated by American life and the sounds of Jazz, Funk, Soul, Disco and of course, the Chicago House sound which was starting to emerge on the airwaves. “I was drawn to House music because it had very little singing which was perfect for me at the time as I understood very little English. The instrumental endless music mixed together was very appealing... To this day I love and strongly support House music, it really is my life.”
Sneak’s first projects were of an entirely different creative nature. He started off airbrushing and doing graffiti, selling his art on T-Shirts whilst working in a record store also exploring the music industry side of things. Sneak still does graffiti today, boasting a super cool CD wallet brimming with his own designs on each CD. In 1991 Sneak launched Defiant records with his life savings and began recording and selling records, where by the mid 90’s he really began to shape his sound, dropping tracks every week. “This is how I broke through and DJ Sneak became a known name across the world.” Sneak continued to work with key folks including Cajmere / Green Velvet and Derrick Carter with his Classic label which released Sneak’s seminal ‘U Can’t Hide From Your Bud’. In 2000 he launched Magnetic Recordings spawning one of Sneak’s biggest releases in 2001 with ‘Fix My Sink’. Other labels followed including Oomph Recordings sporting a deeper sound, and Sneak’s Classics for re-releasing older tracks with fresh remixes.
As a DJ, Sneak has been a mainstay on the worldwide club scene for 20 years cutting his Fabric teeth at the legendary Bugged Out parties with Norman Cook after a long residency at Mr C’s The End Club in London. Recent adventures have seen him putting on giant warehouse parties in his home of Toronto to hitting the gigantic festivals in the Eastern Bloc including Exit in Serbia, Sunwaves in Romania, over to T In The Park UK, and back across the pond to the sunny shores of the BPM Festival in Mexico. Sneak is a workaholic and has been able to survive an industry of constant changes re-introducing himself to a whole new generation of clubber and music lovers whilst still pleasing the old school music buddies who have supported him since day one. As well as putting the finishing touches to his new artist album due for release in Spring 2012, Sneak has many new single releases in the pipeline including a new forthcoming collaboration with Riva Starr. He has many releases lined up for all 3 of his own labels as well as European labels who continue to support his sound.
