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.

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.

[1] Angus McDonald had met MC Double D (Daimon Downey) at a fancy dress party in 2000 and the pair soon became flatmates.

[2] Various live musicians would perform irregularly with Sneaky Sound System, the group added cabaret elements including specialist dancers.

[1] With Angus on guitar and D on vocoder and vocals, they began gigging at various clubs and festivals along the Australian east coast.

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 ... so we decided to do it ourselves".

[2] 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.

[3][4] 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.

[6] Mitchell provided lead vocals on Sneaky Sound System's breakthrough single, "I Love It", which was issued on 8 July 2006.

[9][16] Sneaky Sound System remained in the Top 50 for a total of sixty-one weeks,[9] it was certified ×3 platinum by December 2011, denoting shipments of 210,000 copies.

In addition to their own headline tours, Sneaky Sound System have supported Jamiroquai, Scissor Sisters, Sam Sparro, and Lady Gaga.

[9] The remix version by Tonite Only peaked at number one on the ARIA Club Tracks Chart for a record-equalling thirteen weeks.

The fourth single, "It's Not My Problem", was released on 4 September, the Thin White Duke remix of this track spent three weeks in the top 10 of the ARIA Club Chart, and in the UK it reached No.

[28] In January 2009, Sneaky Sound System were one of the headline acts at the annual Big Day Out Festival, playing in Auckland, Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

[citation needed] Prior to 2's release in the United Kingdom, early in 2009, they had signed to an independent UK label, 14th Floor Records.

[34] Angus and Mitchell collaborated with Dutch musician, Tiësto, on his single "I Will Be Here",[35] and played with him at the Victoria Park Concert in London on 31 July.

[39] On 10 September 2009, Daimon Downey, aka MC Double D, announced he was leaving Sneaky Sound System to pursue other interests.

[41] In December 2010, Downey, as a mixed media visual artist, had his first solo exhibition of sculpture and paintings in Potts Point.

As an artist, [he] uses mixed media to create vibrant, strange artworks designed to communicate his own weird and wonderful mind-scapes".

[41][42] In March 2011, Sneaky Sound System toured Europe for gigs in London, Russia, and Naples; they also performed in Dubai.

Also that month, they returned to Europe for shows in Mykonos, Ibiza, Toulouse, Naples, Serbia, Milano Marittima, London and Moscow.

The same month, in a peer-voted survey conducted by Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper, Connie was named number 18 on a list of Australia's greatest singers of all time.

In late 2015 and with little fanfare, Sneaky Sound System put out two club tracks on limited release—"Summertime Madness" and "All I Need".

[51] February 2018 saw the release of new remixes of "I Love It" from Death Ray Shake, Jordan Burns, Superlove and Luke Million.

Featuring an interpolation of an excerpt from "Love Come Down", written by Kashif and originally recorded by Evelyn "Champagne" King, the song reached No.

In late 2007 Sneaky Sound System performed in Albury for Groovin' the Moo music festival and stayed overnight at the Chifley Hotel.

[54] After their stay however they were accused of having left the room in a damaged state, with hotel management claiming that they had "smashed" a bed, covered walls in graffiti and ripped flyscreens off the windows.

She repeated sentiments that the event had been blown out of proportion, claiming: "Albury–Wodonga had only one hotel and relied on sheep-shearing", suggesting that it was a case of a small country town looking to stir up drama and grab the spotlight.

"[57] She also hit back at the initial accusations, claiming that the Chifley Hotel had admitted to, and apologised for, spreading misinformation about the original event.

"[57] Many residents, including Albury's Mayor, Stuart Baker, were satisfied by this apology with some expressing that the town's response to the perceived reckless behaviour was counterproductive.