DJ Sneak - Back In The Box

Chicago house giant fires up another titanic selection

Carlos Sosa, aka DJ Sneak, was at the forefront of the early 90s Chicago renaissance, which reestablished the Windy City as a house music epicentre after the mid-80s acid storm had died down, alongside the likes of Derrick Carter, Cajmere/Green Velvet and Glen Underground on labels such as Relief and Cajual. He quickly became renowned for a style which took the New York funky house groove, littered it with disco flashes and injected subtle elements of techno toughness and sonic trickery via his deft deck manipulation. A truly inspiring DJ, the man now gets to run riot over two CDs with a selection of past anthems woven into a continuous journey which is bumpy in the nicest possible way.

Disc One charts the smoothest flight-path with worldwide house exponents including Freeform Five, Mousse T, Global Communication, Bob Sinclair, Cajmere, Brand New Heavies and Mood II Swing’s much sought-after dub of BT’s Remember. Disc Two is the real killer, upping the ante with a series of peaks as flickers of disco’s illustrious past fly by, names including the Chicago Connection, Paul Johnson, Ian Pooley, Roach Motel, I-Cube’s Disco Cubism mixed by Daft Punk and Sneak’s own classic You Can’t Hide From Your Bud.

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NRK | BITBCD 04 (2-CD)

Reviewed by Kris Needs
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