NEWS

April 6, 2008: Sneak-Thief 12", videoSex, coming soon on Australian label, M-Division Recordings

April 5, 2008: Live photo archive updated.

April 4, 2008: Polygamy Boys 12", Black Flower, coming soon on Crème Organization

September 30, 2007: Sneak-Thief / Polygamy Boys: Parallel Percepts EP - now out.

August 13, 2007: Welcome to Sneak-Thief's new site, version 5.0 since 1997. Woohoo!

August 11, 2007: Sneak-Thief / Polygamy Boys split EP coming soon on Moustache Records, Holland

August 5, 2007: The modular is still progressing along slowly but surely! Here are some boards that are begging to be stuffed:

Row 1: tellun neural agonizer (dual spring reverb), korg triple-resonator, mankato quadrature filter

Row 2: gssl with 2 hi-pass filters, my 3rd SN-Voice, Nite EQ-3D & psu's (sooo cool!)

April 8, 2007: First successful live test of the SneakySequencer in Amsterdam!

It was so satisfying to finally be able to perform using this setup. I basically wrote the algorithm on an airplane ride back from a gig in Malta in January 2006, then played around with layout of the user interface on and off during the next year. It was only in late February that I decided to build it - so basically a month to order the parts, build it and program it. Not bad!

April 4, 2007:The SneakySequencer is complete.

For years I've been dreaming of a live-performance sequencer that would give me the power and flexibility to perform music with a perfect balance between the ability to control, improvise & automate. Drawing heavily on sequencing paradigms developed at Yamaha, I built and programmed my own.

Specs:

  1. Developed using MIDIbox boards
    and programmed in C.
  2. 2 independent sequencers, one of which can be slaved to the other.
  3. Each sequencer will be able to load one "song" at a time. A song is chosen by the push-button rotary encoder.
  4. 16 sections per song
  5. 6 tracks per section that can be muted or unmuted with the track-mute buttons
  6. 256 measures per track - this is where this really differs from the Midibox Seq

More info in the DIY - SneakySeq section.



April 2, 2007: Sneak-Thief - G-String Orschestra 12" released on Klakson Records

Check out some of the, dare-I-say, glowing reviews for it!

March 21, 2007: Louis Vuitton rips off Lindsay-J & Sneak-Thief!

So far, articles have appeared in The Sun, The Star, The Express, The Daily Mail, etc.

February 5, 2007: The Frankensynth grows even larger!

Added a rack with 2 SN-Voices, some more CGS logic modules, a couple of Oakley boards, etc.

I finally retrieved the Notron from Canada after not using it much in the last 5 years. All I can say is "Sweet Jesus!" ...I can't believe how amazing it is to sequence my modular with this. Another nice thing is that I found the perfect PSU for the Notron that doesn't seem to crash it anymore. (Maybe it was a static electricity issue due to the dry Canadian prairie climate.

More info about this modular stuff in the DIY section.

September 19, 2006: Lots of stuff! Sneak-Thief - Body Militia 12" released on Voltage Musique; Lindsay-J & Sneak-Thief - Open The Door 12" released on Mighty Robot UK; and last but not least, Part III of the modular building continues.

June 9, 2006: ASM-2 Modular complete! Check out the construction photos & mp3's.



May 23, 2006: I finally got off my lazy ass and updated my live photos. Includes pics from Malta, Glasgow, Aix, Weimar, Berlin, Cork, etc.

May 20, 2006: Sneak-Thief "The Hollow Land" EP just released on Creme Organization:


May 13, 2006:Sneak-Thief "Dirty Dog Hustle" MP3-only EP released on Maltese label Peeled Tracks. Available at Juno UK and Trackitdown.

March 30, 2006: Sneaky's next modular synth is in progress

Contents:
- ASM-2 Modular synth kit (from elby-designs.com)
- Tonepad kits (delay & chorus)
- Midibox CV kit
- Ken Stone CGS kits (sequential switch & wave multiplier)
- pre-drilled Blacet reject panels (cheap but time saving)
- cheesy old-school Dymo embossed labels. Quick and dirty!

The boards and kits have been ordered - I'm just sorting out which pots and connectors to buy. I imagine I'll have this assembled by May. April is a write-off, what with 4 scheduled gigs! :)