Sneaky Sound System is Sydney duo Miss Connie Mitchell and Black Angus (Angus McDonald). They evolved from the hugely successful, and still-going-strong, Sneaky Sundays club night launched in 2001 by Angus and Daimon Downey, who himself was a member of Sneaky Sound System until amicably departing the band in September 2009.
One day, as Connie sat in a park playing guitar to a friend, Angus and Daimon happened by and asked her to sing for them.
“I thought they were a bit dodgy,” recollects Connie. They did, however, have a studio, and when Connie sang on what was to be their breakthrough single, I Love It, Sneaky Sound System had their vocalist – and their eponymous debut album. “We were told by every label we might sell 10,000 copies and it wasn’t worth it,” says Angus, “so we decided to do it ourselves.” That album went on to become their multi-platinum, ARIA-Award winning debut. Its successor, ‘2’, entered the Australian charts at #1, and Connie has since appeared on albums by Kanye West and Snoop Dogg. Sneaky’s collaboration with Tiesto, “I Will Be Here”, reached #1 on the US Billboard Dance Airplay chart.
In the ensuing years Sneaky has toured with Robbie Williams, Jamiroquai, The Scissor Sisters, Sam Sparro, Lady GaGa and on festivals as varied as the Glastonbury, Wireless, Oxegen, Big Day Out, Homebake, Good Vibrations, Live Earth and V Festival.
Angus and Connie are currently in pre-production for Sneaky’s third album.