DJ Sneak’s ‘Synesthesia’ EP is a journey through the deep that traces back to his formative years in Chicago and delivers the perfect follow-up to his 2023 Heist Recordings debut ‘Back To Love’. Opener ‘I Can Tell You What You Want’ is a bubbly houser with chopped-up R&B vocals draped over moody chords and monstrous kicks and a touch of Ghetto house thrown in. ‘A Taste of the 90s’ embodies more of a 90s New York sound with its funky guitar licks and loopy horns dancing over the jostling beats.
Stream here : https://heistrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/synesthesia-ep
On the flip, ‘Dirty Jazz’ gets back to more physical drums and elastic bass as eerie keys pepper the groove and add an off-kilter swagger. Sneak’s ability to layer up irresistible loops defines closer ‘You Know What I Mean?’ where grinding chord sequences and hard-edged kicks combine to great effect beneath sleazy filtered vocals that ooze future feel.
Second-wave pioneer DJ Sneak will always be synonymous with Chicago’s intrinsic house sound. A pivotal figure in the development of the genre in the mid-90s, Sneak’s raw, loopy take on house music made him one of the most in-demand DJs in the world and has found a home on labels like Cajual, Moxy Muzik, Strictly Rhythm, and more. A year on from his ‘Back To Love’ EP on Heist, which garnered support from BBC 6Music’s Jamz Supernova and Laurent Garnier, the Puerto Rican-born Chicago mainstay is back with another classy offering on Dam Swindle’s much-loved label.
DJ Sneak ‘Synesthesia’ EP drops via Heist Recordings on 25th October 2024.
Tracklist:
A1 I Can Tell You What You Want
A2 A Taste of the 90s
B1 Dirty Jazz
B2 You Know What I Mean?
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