DJ Sneak

Carlos Sosa

One of the second wave of influential Chicago house producers and a member of the vanguard of late-'90s American house producers, DJ Sneak wasn't born in the Windy City but began listening to house soon after his family arrived from Puerto Rico in the early '80s. Because he could speak no English, Sneak gravitated to instrumental music (as well as graffiti art), and became inspired by Chicago legends such as [a=Marshall Jefferson] and [a=DJ Pierre]. Many of those early innovators had left Chicago for the East Coast by the late '80s, when Sneak was ready to start in the business; by 1992, however, [a=Cajmere] had begun a resurgence in the city's classic sound by starting up [l=Cajual Records]. Sneak aided in the revolution with a series of singles on Cajual's sister label, the harder-oriented [l=Relief Records]. Besides other productions for Strictly Rhythm, Henry St., ZYX, 83 West and Feverpitch (several of which feature [a=Armand Van Helden] on co-production, building on the Latin vibes of their heritage), DJ Sneak has also released mix compilations including 1996's Kinky Trax Collection and the following year's Buggin' Da Beats.

Founder of the independent vinyl labels [l=Defiant] (1993), [l=Magnetic] (2001) and [l=Oomph] (2002) as well as [l=Leg] (1995) for promo releases plus digital only labels [l=Sneaks House] (2008) and [l=Sneak Tip Music] (2008).

In [s]1995[/s] 2002 he opened his own record store called "Sneak Beats" on queen Street near Bathurst in Toronto (Canada) which sold underground house music on Vinyl and CDs from their store and by mail order. It closed down approximately 10 years later.

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