Sneaky Sound System
The Sneaky Sound System is an Australian dance-pop band from Sydney.
Band History
2001 Angus McDonald and Daimon Downey learned to know. McDonald had been previously as a musician in New York and London, the road, the native South African Downey sought actually an artist's career. They formed a club in the capital of New South Wales, specializing in the otherwise rather unfrequented nights from Sunday to Monday. The whole thing they called Sneaky Sunday.
It could be at so successful that they released a mix CD for Sony. Then they decided to make their own music and had as Sneaky Sound System 2004 club hit titled Hip Hop Hooray. Then came the search for a singer to Connie Mitchell, who had previously sung for the rock band Primary until it dissolved. Their first single release I Love It brought them the same high level of awareness about the clubs out and a first chart success as well as two nominations at the ARIA Awards, the Australian Music Prize of the record industry.
After the debut album Sneaky Sound System, which included a mix of dance and pop music was born. Although they found, despite a recommendation by the single no label that would have been convinced of the album, but when she finally self-released by his own label Whack Records, it proved to be very successful and as a perennial favorite of the year 2007 until well into the year 2008 was over 60 weeks in the Australian charts and was awarded double platinum. Were very successful singles Pictures and UFO that lingered in each case more than 30 weeks in the singles chart, even if they missed the top 10. There followed six ARIA Awards nominations, the victory in the categories Best Dance Release and Breakthrough Artist - led album. At Live Earth on 7 July 2007 they belonged to the representatives on the Australia concert.
As a result they were not only throughout Australia in the clubs, but were engaged internationally and accompanying world stars such as Robbie Williams, Jamiroquai and the Scissor Sisters on their Australia tour. At their second album, which was titled simply " 2 ", they worked together with the British Topmixer and producers Mark Stent. Mid-2008, the album debuted at # 1 in Australia.
Moreover, the old Single Pictures was released in the UK and missed narrowly the Top 75 in the UK charts. With UFO them then achieved at the end of 2008, the leap to number 52 was followed in March 2009 a short UK tour to the UK release of I Love It and subsequently the album Sneaky Sound System.
Band Members
- Miss Connie ( Connie Mitchell)
- Black Angus (Angus McDonald )
- MC Double D ( Daimon Downey )
More
- Donnie Sloan, bassist
- Sibbsy ( Felix Bloxsom ), drums
Discography
Album
- Other Peoples Music ( 2003 Mix- CD)
- Sneaky Sound System (2006; UK: 2009)
- 2 (2008)
- From Here to Anywhere (2011)
Singles
- Hip Hop Hooray (2004)
- I Love It (2006, UK: 2009)
- Pictures (2006, UK: 2008)
- UFO (2007, UK: 2008)
- Goodbye ( 2007)
- Kansas City (2008)
- When We Were Young ( 2008)
- 16 (2009)
- We Love (2011)