Artist description Chilean/NYorker DJette,Producer,vocalist,signed on Traum,Sonic Groove, Kanzleramt ...

Music Style Minimal/ Techno/ ambient /electro /popr/african/latin/

Musical Influences Nature,Atom heart , Esg , aphex twin ,Brian eno ,May,Perez Prado,Mills,Chris and Cosy...

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Artist History Chilean born NYC resident Alejandra Iglesias, AKA Miss Dinky or Dinky is no stranger to music. As a child , in Santiago, she studied dance and piano, in her teenage years she was influenced by German musicians, who used to go to Chile to hang out and perform their music every summer. Legends like Atom Heart, Sun Electric, Villalobos, Dandy Jack and Markus Nicolai were to become key influences in her development as a young musician. In 1996 Dinky went to Berlin to visit her sister, there she discovered the local techno scene and visited clubs like Tresor, E werk, and the Hardwax Store were she bought her first vinyl records. Later that same year she started DJing Techno and Chicago house ..... Dinky moved to NYC in 1997 to attend the Martha Graham School of Dance, fascinated by the night-life and all the record stores she started DJing inmmediatley, soon gaining a following and respect from fans, promoters and fellow DJ's. Iglesias has performed in several clubs and raves in NYC: Limelight, Tunnel, Fun, The Cooler, Frying Pan, VIP, Sonic Groove raves,Lunatarium,Baktun , Filter 14, Tribeca Grand etc... She has DJed alongside big names like Rolando, Derrick May, Frankie Bones, DJ Hell, Anthony Rother , Heiko Laux ,Electric Indigo,Miss Kittin,Ricardo Villalobos ect... On numerous occassions she has performed in Central and South America and In 2001 she was invited to Europe, her perormances included shows in Tresor, WMF ,Studio 672 ,Casino Berlin ,and Bafofar (Paris)..folowed by the first International Female Pressure party in Detroit. In 2002 Alejandra was part of the Famous Friends Tour staring Miss Kittin , Electric Indigo and herself. Alejandra started producing her own music three years ago. She has released 5 EP's, one LP and a remix , she has also a Video out on Viva and MTV (Germany). At the moment she has produced for labels like Traum (Köln), Sonic Groove (NYC), Carpark (NYC), Kanzleramt-K20 (Berlin). Her first record on Traum (Atacama EP) was charted on the top 20 of De-bug magazine and compared to Aphex Twin in Flyer magazine (NYC). Her first Lp "Melodias Venenosas" was also charted in De-bug and critically aclaimed by the media. Her music has attracted the admiration of prestigious DJ/producers like Andy Weatherhall, Ritchie Hawtin, Mike Inc and DJ Hell. Notably, last May she was invited to remix PSI Performer, otherwise known as Anthony Rother, one of the most known and respected electro producers in the world. Dinkys 3d LP: "The Black Cabaret" will be released in February 2003 by Carpark Records , the CD version will include a Video Clip shooted in Patagonia , Chile. Before its release date (February 2003) Black Cabaret has already atracted press from all around the world. This April Dinky will be featured in the Next 100 of Urb magazine as well as interviews in Xlerate ,Venus and guest techno reviewer in BPM (USA) and fetures in Groove ,Spex and De-Bug in Germany plus Mojo in the UK. She is also preparing herself for a long tour wich will take her all over America and Canada with Stewart Walker (Cocoon/Tresor) and she will be playing live at the Sonar Lab in June 03 as well touring all over Europe in the summer.

Group Members Alejandra Iglesias

Instruments voice and the machines

Albums Atacama EP, Valparaiso EP (traum/Cologne) Nostalgia EP(sonic groove,NYC)AmapolaEp(traum)kill the bass kick ( carpark) Melodias venenosas ( traum)

Press Reviews De-bug magazine (Cologne) Xlerate (USA)Mixer(USA)Flyer(usa)Groove(germany)D2000(Germany),Wire,Andy Weatherhalls site,

Additional Info ASCAP 2002

Location NYC, NY - USA

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