Who Is Miss Dinky? 10 Unknown Facts About Her

Miss Dinky is a music producer who was has a knack for the techno sound of electronic music. She has found passion and love for different aspects of art including dance and music-making. Being a huge fan of the music genre known as techno, she already knew the line to take when she began her journey.

Today, Miss Dinky is popular among techno music fans and has created a niche for herself that was not peculiar to women back in the day. Similarly, she has been around the world and this helped shape her artistic side giving her brand the unique sound it has.

To her discography, there are songs such as; Sto Domingo Dub, Perpetuidad, and Spring rolls which she composed by herself.

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Here Are 10 Fascinating Facts About Miss Dinky

1. She is a Chilean

Miss Dinky was born Alejandra Iglesias in Chile and was surrounded by a group of very talented musicians in Santiago De Chile where she grew up. As such, she was exposed to the likes of Riccardo Villalobos and Dandy Jack also known as Martin Schopf.

Given this, it is no surprise that she developed an interest in music and eventually went on to pursue her passion for it.

2. She Has Always Been in Love with Dance

Alejandra who has a peculiar view on dance culture decided to further broaden her knowledge of the art. She chose to study dance and piano as her educational pursuits in Chile. By the time she moved to New York in 1996, she, once again, enrolled at the Martha Graham School of Dance in 1997.

Her relocation to New York was a deliberate attempt at studying the club life in the state as she was awed by it. This also informed her decision to study dance. At the end of her degree at the Martha Graham School of Dance, Dinky began to chase what soon became her life.

3. Beginning of Music for Miss Dinky

As already stated, she was surrounded by musicians who were super talented. In view of this, she became exceptionally interested in music and soon started to produce music. At this point in her life, she was already a huge fan of techno sounds.

Studying piano in school also gave an edge to her music production. However, her major epiphany came when she visited Berlin in 1995 and she met DJ Hell, Robert Gorl, and Stacy Pullen.

These people exposed Miss Dinky to one of New York’s major gay clubs. The club is named Flamingo East and Iglesias soon became a regular face there. By the time she moved to New York for her study, she subsequently began to work.

4. Iglesias’ Work as a DJ

She began her DJ work in Santiago way before she made her move to the United States of America. Here, she attracted the likes of Atom Heart and Markus Nicolai who used to frequently visit Chile during the summer breaks.

Upon her visit and fascination with Berlin, the young lady figured she could do better music outside Chile. She bought her ever first vinyl records in Santiago and this was the beginning of her career as a DJ.

However, while being exposed to life in New York, Miss Dinky began to produce music in addition to her work as a DJ there. This was however after her study of dance.

As a DJ, Miss Dinky worked with the likes of Khan, John Selway, DJ Silver, and Adam X.

5. Miss Dinky is the Head of ‘Angels on Vinyl’

The Chilean stumbled upon a collective of DJs in New York. Upon this revelation, she met with three other female DJs, and together they formed ‘Angels on Vinyl’. This group soon began to break into different scenes in New York.

6. Miss Dinky Has Been on Tours with Notable Names

As a DJ, Dinky’s debut CD included works from her dance tracks as well as previously recorded but never released works. It also included some of the sounds she picked up while on her Latin American tour.

Miss Dinky has been on tour with Derrick May and Aril Brinkha during the Transmat tour. She also played in places such as Limelight, Tunnel, The Cooler, and Soundfactory.

7. Her Sources of Inspiration

Alejandra Iglesias draws her inspiration from the likes of Christian Vogel, Basic Channel, Carl Craig, and Derrick May whom she toured with. She has also been inspired by clonks and bleeps which is very evident in her sound.

8. About the ‘Dinky Sound’

The ‘Dinky Sound’ is one unique way to describe the type of music Dinky makes. This is because her songs are a reflection of who she is and the sound she represents is unique. Miss Dinky is known to produce music that are melodic and emotional.

The sound is also deep and not void of rhythmic flows. The ‘Dinky Sound’ is so unique that it can be enjoyed at whatever time of day and wherever you find yourself.

9. Her Sound Can Be Divided into Two Branches

The experimental producer’s sound can be divided into two branches and these branches stem from different eras of her music. These eras are the ‘Traum Label’ era where she produced the ambient and homely types of music.

The other era is the era of dance music with melodic dance-floor vibes. In this era, we have the techno sounds which influenced a large part of Miss Dinky’s sound. It’s in this era that Kill the Bass Kick was produced and fall under.

10. Some of Miss Dinky’s Discography

This is a list of some of Miss Dinky’s songs over the years. This discography covers some notable songs from when she became active in the entertainment industry: