DJ Sneak Biographie

In 1983, Carlos Sosa pka DJ Sneak, moved to the city of Chicago from The
island of Puerto Rico, where his early musical experiences and Influences
were rooted in salsa, meringue and famous Latin orchestras.

Chicago, like Puerto Rico, is a city rich with musical styles and sounds.
It was in Chicago that Sneak found inspiration in underground house music,
Warehouse parties and "old school" mix tapes from the early pioneers -
Farley Jackmaster Funk, Ralphi Rosario, Steve Hurley and local radio
station shows played on WBMX.

Sneak earned his nickname rocking designs in the graffiti tagging days and
began working at retail stores as an airbrush artist, not long after he
cultured the music industry world and began recording his first releases.
While at retail stores Sneak developed his DJing skills around the city
working regular mobile DJ jobs and local nightclubs. In an already
saturated DJ pool, sneak focused on music production and started an
independent label - Defiant Records.

In 1992, using the fundamental studio pieces, Sneak began recording tracks
with an unusual new style. In 1994, while still working at local store
Gramophone Records sneak met Cajmere (green velvet) owner of Cajual and
Relief Records. Cajmere released some of sneak's pivotal tracks and helped
bring international recognition, with it, a global DJing career.

In 1995, sneak's new sound revolutionized house music with inspirational
sounds and rhythms never heard. The disco filtered house grooves became
sneak's signature sound. Innovator to many, sneak's love for music spawned
current talents such as Daft Punk, Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden. In
1996, Dj Sneak's" You can't hide from your bud" on Derrick Carter's Classic
Recordings turn out to be something of a masterpiece, setting a blueprint
for many subsequent 'filtered disco'tracks and preceding the wave of funky,
disco-influenced house that would prove the massive popularity of Chicago
underground music.

From 1996 through the present day DJ Sneak is also a veteran on the remix
world, with highly expected remixes that drive dance floors across the
globe to ecstatic conditions by means of his intense beats and rhythms.

After years of development, DJ Sneak is a familiar name across the world's
club circuit rocking down the best venues and events. A frequent visitor of
Ibiza -the Island of spiritual parties and the Mecca of dance music
culture, sneak has played a part in many of events involving the best
production teams from England; Ministry of Sound, Cream, Manumission, Miss
Money penny's to mention a few.

A favorite in the United Kingdom's summer festivals for example Homelands,
Creamfiels, 'T' in the park in Scotland, Sneak has no mercy on the sound
systems and on the scale of exiting DJs to grasp he remains part of the top
100 DJs of the world for 5 consecutive years. Recognized as the disco
filter innovator his musical style is diverse from furious banging' Chicago
tracks and Latin tribal beats to disco filtered reworks of retro classics
with melodic rhythms that suit your soul.

At present times DJ Sneak is focused on his booking agency "All World
Entertainment" where he represents fellow Chicago talents Mark Farina, DJ
Heather, J-dub, with a sub division of Canadian talents DJ Gryphon and DJ
Jason Hodges.

In 2001 Sneak will be launching a new record label 'Magnetic Recordings"
where he's releasing all new music, compilations as well as introducing new
talents and continue preaching the sound of Chicago House Music. The future
bring about new light to DJ Sneak' journey focusing on the development and
evolution of electronic music's struggle to be acknowledged as the sound of
tomorrow.