Bio/Contact Info

Working at BM Soho (Formerly Black Market Records) as a webmaster and record buyer by day Snooks also freelances as a Sound Designer, Photographer and Dj. In 2011 Snooks started Niteshade Inc, a vinyl only label that he owns and manages. While Snooks as a DJ presents the forefront of contemporary bass music his heart really lies with Reggae and Roots.

FOR BOOKINGS/PRESS/INFO CONTACT: snooks[at]bm-soho[dot]com

Soundcloud: www.soundcloud.com/niteshadeinc
Myspace: www.myspace.com/snookssound
Web: www.niteshadeinc.com

Reviews for NINC001:

The duo of Strago and Snooks abandon that primitive and cavernous dub sound for sleek aerodynamics as chords swell larger and larger over the horizon, bursting through as erupting pustules of putrid LFO. It's a level of "filth" that the midrange wobblers could only hope to achieve, partly because it only happens a few times in the track. "Kuru" feels like an unstable upgrade on classic Mala, with melodies stumbling and drums trembling so intensively that you fear (and hope) they will collapse in on themselves at any moment. Unabashedly modern but refreshingly backward-looking in its execution, the first release from Niteshade Inc offers an intriguing alternate answer—"right here"—to the always nagging "where next?" question.
Andrew Ryce, Resident Advisor

Dark, discordant bass heavy beats from the pairing of Straggo & Snooks. Both sides will appeal to fans of the dystopian minimal dubstep sound pioneered by the likes of Youngsta & Kryptic Minds as well more abstract strains of dubstep like Anstam & Shackleton for a pretty impressive first release for the Niteshade Inc. imprint.
Phonica Records

Darker debut of tribalist post-dubstep electronics from London's Niteshade Inc clan. Working in the template set by early Skull Disco and DMZ drops from Loefah, 'Kuru' leans on a concrete coated halfstep rhythm built with ritualist percussion and tense, brooding atmospheres. On the flipside 'Infect' is more electroid, stung with electric-blue pulses and opened out with chasmic bass drops and lashing, Ed Rush-like synth stabs. Darkside fiends: miss this at your peril. Tipped for fans of the Weevil series, Shackleton or Loefah!
Boomkat

The debut release on the newly formed label Niteshade Inc comes from duo Strago & Snooks, who marry the kind of brooding aesthetic that characterises artists like Mala and King Midas Sound with the forward thinking futurism of contemporaries such as Objekt. "Kuru" combines a cavernous sense of space and sub bass with a twisting techno-inspired synth line, utilising particularly robotic percussion patterns. "Infect" meanwhile fills much of its space with digital bleeps and tense pads, with a bassline that churns underneath, occasionally roaring through the mix. What really stands out about these tracks however is that despite their slightly mechanical nature there they feel genuinely alive, constantly surprising with the shifting elements.
Juno Records

Killer debut 12" of dark, heavy and ever-so-slightly techy dubstep with 'tribal' influences (think 'tribal' as in certain strains of African music, not any latter-day misappropriation of the term) from this up-and-coming London duo. Think of a way heavier and more atmospheric Skull Disco, or even some of the later T++ stuff, but definitely with a sound and vibe of its own. Recommended.
Second Layer Records

Strago and Snooks productions are not for the fainthearted.. at all!
RWD Magazine