2009 is all about thinking outside the box! Out with the bad vibes, bad music and BACK in main rooms all over Europe with good old house music!
January began strong with gigs and touring. Its tuff cause Im also trying to take some time off to get ready for the year ahead, but Duty Calls. The House Gangsters of the world are showing love, showing face and being heard, its a beautiful thing. Im actually in the middle of promoting the NRK Back in the Box CD release and this tour was a great way to get things going. Dont forget to check out the double MIX CD, its not only a great sounding compilation of seriously jackin house tracks but its also full of my all time favorites. The UK release date was Feb 10th 2009 and it will be releasing in the states soon after. Im not plugging the mix because I made it, but because the music is classic and everyone who loves HOUSE should have these cuts ready and available!
Ok, moving on to the first day on tour, Bubblin in Dublin my friends. I had a feeling that Dublin was in need of a good Beat Down, and believe me, they got it, main room prime time baby! I rolled in like a tazmanian devil and just woke up a very cool and very ready crowd, the response was great. I personally had an amazing time and believe that the crowd did too. Its great to see that some parts of the UK are coming back around to the party music. Im thinking it probably has to do with the serious Beats Downs that have been going on in Waterford, which is not too far away. The word has been spreading all around Ireland that the House Gangsters are taking over sound systems and just like that, we are making a difference! Lets stay mean and green
btw, you know why its so green in Ireland
Cause it seems like its always raining there, something ridiculous like 300 days of the year, I guess thats why people really want to party and get drunken in the true Irish way
. Big love to all my peoples there.
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Tripod PT 1 - Dublin, Ireland - January 23, 2009
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Tripod PT 2 - Dublin, Ireland - January 23, 2009
This Live set is available for 2 weeks or 500 downloads, whichever comes first ... get it while you can!
Talking about rain man, it was raining cats and dogs in Cork. Ive been thru Cork many times on my way to Waterford, but never actually played there. When I arrived it was wet and cold but this didn't faze me cause I was ready for the second beat down of the weekend. Cork received me with open arms and ears, the party was cool and intimate, as you can imagine it kind of sucks to go out in the cold rain but a few hundred people did it and got their sneak on! Im always really appreciative of the love I get in Ireland
The country is full of great party ready people!!
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Savoy Theatre - Cork, Ireland - January 24, 2009
This Live set is available for 2 weeks or 500 downloads, whichever comes first ... get it while you can!
So we move on to the mecca and hub for me, Amsterdam. I love to just kick it in this city while waiting for gigs. I spend most of my days doing a lot of walking about and chillin at my fav coffee shop, the Grey Area. If youre ever in the DAM, you gots to stop by the shop, you will always have a great time and loose lots of great brain cells smoking the habib and great green selection of AAAA stuff, Highly recommended. Hahaha! I want to send a birthday shout to my boy Yoran
. many thanks for the hospitality always.
Ohhhh Yeahhhh! Scotland & the Arches in Glasgow
this is by far one of my favorite places to play! After a good 12 years of playing and making people happy at this spot, this is a real treat for all of us. The Arches is one of them venues that as soon as you walk into it you know some serious partying in going on. Slam, Francois K, Robert Hood, in the techno rooms, and really just me holding it down for house! I played from opening till nearly the end and the two massive brick Arches were a Rockin. As Im touring the NRK comp, Ive been playing more of the older house stuff and breakin in the newer house beaters Ive been getting from people online. First couple of hours where all old school 95 - till 2000 music and the rest, well you will hear it soon cause I was able to record the set and its ready to be downloaded. Glasgow is amazing and I have to once again say this city is always open and ready for some real House music! Btw, Im confirmed to play their big festival in the summer T in the park check the scheduled dates for more details. I tell you, its been a little while since I played T in the park and Im more than ready
see yall there. Much love to Slam and Dave Clarke from Soma, we still doing it.
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ The Arches PT 1 - Glasgow, Scotland - January 30, 2009
This Live set is available for 2 weeks or 500 downloads, whichever comes first ... get it while you can!
Next stop, London Town, and what a place this is, traffic, congestion and just pure madness. I was very excited to play London again especially at a smaller cooler spot called east village, a kind of pub feeling with a couple of floors & a crazy basement with a dope sound system. This was the official NRK CD release party and let me tell ya
it rocked. When I got there it was a serious HOTBOX of people ready to have a good time, I love to walk into a place like this. London was open to check out the Sneak vibe again, after a bunch of interviews and hype for the comp. I was well ready to handle my business. Much love n respect to the old heads I got to see representing, like Rocky n Diesel, Terry Farley, Johnny Rock, Giom and the boys from Bognor and Smokin Grooves who came to chill and then went to the jam with me. We all had a blast till the end. Hopefully the seeds I have planted with flourish and get more soul back into London town. Unfortunately I could not record this session so next time be there to check it live. The people that were there well they got a sneak rub to the fullest! After a hard weekend, I had to go back to Amsterdam for a second R&R time before the mad weekend coming ahead.
Well people, it seems like Romania Loves ME like crazy because I keep going back for more and they keep coming out to check out what the whole Sneak thing is all about. For me, its all about HOUSE MUSIC all night long, I cant get enough of Bucharest and its party driven people. Im very happy to always come back because damn it feels good to be a house gangster & get the love for it. Friday night was all about a Free but private event that was sponsored so all invited could party and drink for free, Recession aid, ha-ha! The party went off at a place called LEVEL, 1000 plus people came out to get HOUSED out! It was a journey of madness till the end and even at the end, there was a crowd still wanting more!! Dont worry folks, Ill be back and I have a few dates already penciled in for this year. Actually I have April 30th 2009 in Mamaia with Derrick Carter, Sunwaves 5 in August, and Krystal in September & December, A full year of house sessions that will surely make it a great year.
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Level PT 1 - Bucharest, Romania - February 6, 2009
The early morning crowed that just couldn't get enough!
Next stop Cluj, google this place to find it, its in old Transylvania and I really wish I would have had more time to check Draculas town but I was beat up from a long one in Bucharest so I slept most the day. Anyway the town looks crazy nice with some old historical stuff, like this one church that was celebrating its 1000 birthday, Not 100th but 1000th. Nuts man! This is some stuff to see, I cant even imagine what this church has seen over the last 1000 years!! I wonder if they got together to party like we did on Saturday!?... and so I went down to midi and did the Sneak a Do!! House it up all night
till I had to run out of the DJ booth cause they wanted to keep going until I dropped. The Romanians work me for all Ive got but I love it and this country rocks man
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Midi Club PT 1 - Cluj Romania - February 7, 2009
Sooooooo
18 hours of flying and Im finally at home
man, flying really sucks! I rested up for what felt like 2 minutes and before I knew it, I was heading out to Washington DC & the Silver Springs area. I really wanted to get a glimpse of OBAMA Country and I tell you the truth, people seem to walk around with a bounce in their step, they have their chins up and are proud to be in the capitol. So Friday the 13th I was in Silver Springs doing it with my crew from DC, Vu, Megan and a couple of their house head friends
we went for a nice dinner, puffed it up real quick and headed out to the Gallery spot. I was very welcomed by a very excited and playful crowd. The beats took over and since it was pre valentines day I had to play some cuts for all the ladies in the house, they all appreciated the serious house down they got. I will always try my best to come back to DC cause they just appreciate the music so much. Mad Love to all my peoples and friends in the Nations Capitol.
After DC, I got going to the BIG APPLE!! Happy Valentines, Happy Valentines, Happy Happy Valentines Day! Feb 14th in NYC with wifee was some good times! The Sullivan Room was the spot and the lovers of NYC got together to party. First, we got picked up by Dbow & Guido at the airport. What a funny pair of New Yorkers! These two guys made my wife & I crack up all the way till the next day. We were greeted with a NYC Diesel Blizzoint which made the day feel good from the moment we got picked up. We took a stroll to Flight Club for some fresh gear and found a few pairs to add to the stock. Later that night the party went off with some great people! Even thought it was Valentines, peeps came out to support, there was a mix of people, some brought along their wifees, girlfriends and of course some were on the hunt! Slim pickins for sure. After a few hours, some drinks and a few blunts the party got really good and everybody was enjoying themselves. Crazy love goes out to the boys in NYC Rob Swinga, Andy AB, B Anderson, Dbow & Guido
you guys were holding it down while I was getting down. It was AWWWWESOME!!
DJ SNEAK LIVE @ Sullivan Room - New York, NY - February 14, 2009
Finally back home again to Toronto! Home base & the place where all things happen. I had to rest up a little while cause I almost forgot it was my boy Tee-Loos Birthday party and I said I would stop by and play some cuts. The place was Lily, a small venue & restaurant on College street. Weve been doing these birthday jams for many years so I knew it was going to be a HOTBOX and Hot Dammmmm was it ever!!! The place is so tiny and so packed you could hardly move. Anyway I hope Toronto really enjoyed the couple of hours I was able to through down after a long ass tour!! It was great to see the Locals come out and party, Lee Mac, Loopity Goofs, Kenny G, Mariss, The Carliers, well the whole Sneak Entourage actually! Love you all!
Make sure to check out the Magnetic Recordings Catalogue available online exclusively on Beatport, and soon many other Digi sites. Im currently putting together the rest of the music to have Oomph and Leg back catalogues up soon too. Please stay put and drop us your email to get ya some upcoming updates for all your Sneak needs.
Like always, Im here to please your house music needs, I take great pride in being the Original House Gangster for life! Its now been about a year after I wrote my original Blog about saving house music and I feel great about it cause we all have made a great effort to keep it alive! We are wining over the bad trends and funky bad shit. Im happy cause I see it first hand and I can speak about it to all of you who are not there with me but are fighting for the same cause. Ill continue to bring ya a few stories and some real talk about whats happening and how House music still brings the good people out to party. Thank you all for making a difference.
Love & Respect!
Sneak
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