 Angus was working as a DJ with Damien Hesse and invited D to MC at their regular Sunday parties.Hesse explained their concept "We wanted to start a Sunday night, our own night in Sydney, because we didn't feel we fit into anything else that was going on ... We played for over a year to over 100 people in a basement in Bondi so it was very much an underground thing".Various live musicians would perform irregularly with Sneaky Sound System, the group added cabaret elements including specialist dancers.