![]() ![]() Their second single, "Tease Me", had been recorded before Mitchell joined with lead vocals by D and guest vocalist Pepper (Pip Edwards), it appeared on 18 July 2005, but did not chart. You know, two guys coming up to you, excited, jumping around a bit, saying 'Come to our studio'". They asked her to join as lead vocalist, Mitchell later remembered, "I thought they were a bit dodgy. However, he left soon after and the group decided that they required a female vocalist, Angus and D met Connie Mitchell (ex- Primary) by chance in a public park as she sat singing and playing guitar to a friend. In late May, Hesse indicated that a new album was due later that year. It appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart Top 100. Angus wrote the track, and contributed guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums and lead vocals. On 15 November that year, they issued their debut single, " Hip Hip Hooray", on their label and distributed by MGM Distribution. Angus recalled being rejected by recording companies when proposing an album of original material, "We were told by every label we might sell 10,000 copies and it wasn't worth it. In 2004, Sneaky Sound System established their own label, Whack Records. The line-up for the album included Angus, D, Hesse (as a remixer) and Tricky Nick (Nick Broadhurst) on saxophone. The double CD was released on 3 October 2003 by Sony Music Australia. They recorded a remix album, Other Peoples Music, produced and engineered by Peter Dolso. With Angus on guitar and D on vocoder and vocals, they began gigging at various clubs and festivals along the Australian east coast. Various live musicians would perform irregularly with Sneaky Sound System, the group added cabaret elements including specialist dancers. We played for over a year to over 100 people in a basement in Bondi so it was very much an underground thing". Hesse explained their concept "We wanted to start a Sunday night, our own night in Sydney, because we didn't feel we fit into anything else that was going on. Angus was working as a DJ with Damien Hesse and invited D to MC at their regular Sunday parties. Angus McDonald had met MC Double D (Daimon Downey) at a fancy dress party in 2000 and the pair soon became flatmates. In late 2001, Sneaky Sound System was formed in Sydney as hosts to dance music parties, Sneaky Sundays. At ARIA Music Awards ceremonies they have been nominated fourteen times winning twice in 2007 for Best Dance Release and Breakthrough Artist – Album for their eponymous album. On 7 October 2011, From Here to Anywhere was released and reached at No. 11. Their second studio effort, 2, which appeared on 16 August 2008, became their first number-one album. The group's breakthrough single, " I Love It", which was issued on 8 July 2006, peaked at No. 24 on the ARIA Singles Chart and spent 73 weeks in the Top 100 – this broke the record as the longest charting single previously held by The Living End's 1997 hit, " Second Solution / Prisoner of Society", at 69 weeks. On 12 August 2006, they released their self-titled debut studio album, which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart in mid-November 2007 and was certified 3× platinum by December 2011, denoting shipments of 210,000 copies. They were joined in 2004 by Connie Mitchell (ex- Primary) on vocals Downey left the band in September 2009, Hesse in 2005 and Broadhurst in 2006. ![]() Sneaky Sound System is an Australian dance music group formed in late 2001 by Angus McDonald on guitar, MC Double D (Daimon Downey) on vocoder and vocals, Damien Hesse (DJ) and Nick Broadhurst on saxophone. Sneaky Sound System in Sydney December 2011 ![]()
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