OLMECA DIMENSIONS pr. COCOON
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On:
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Saturday 5th June 2010
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At:
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Alexander Theatre (South Africa) [map]
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From:
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9pm-4am
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Cost:
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PRE-SALE: R120.00
AT THE DOOR: R150.00
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Ticket Info:
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Pre-sale tickets now available from WEBTICKETS!
http://www.webtickets.co.za
TEL: 021.481.1822
EMAIL: info@webtickets.co.za
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OLMECA DIMENSIONS pr. COCOON | JOHANNESBURG
Alexander Theatre
36 Stiemens Street, Braamfontein
Johannesburg, South Africa
OLMECA DIMENSIONS pr. COCOON
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COCOON'S FIRST OFFICIAL EVENTS in South Africa!!
The Cocoon Starship will touch down in South Africa for the
first official Cocoon residency in Cape Town on June, 4th and
one day later in Johannesburg, bringing one of the most talked
about DJanes in the Techno world, DINKY!
http://cocoon.net/southafrica
DINKY*
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Don't let the name fool you: Dinky is a powerhouse. Inheritor
of the diminutive nickname before she was even born,
Alejandra Iglesias has grown her stature the old-fashioned
way.. with focus, determination and, of course, killer DJ skills
and a catalog of classic, game-changing tracks. Active since
the mid '90s, this international traveler has had scene after
scene try to claim her as their own, but she's never stayed in
one place, musically speaking, long enough to risk being mired
in yesterday's ideas. Her restlessness is our gain.
Born and raised in Santiago, Dinky is a leading member of
Chile's 2nd generation electronic-music greats. Like many of
her artistic compatriots, her music reflects both her roots and
the experiences of a highly peripatetic lifestyle. Caught up in
the musical revolution started by Ricardo Villalobos, Dandy
Jack and Atom Heart in the early 90s, she taught herself to
mix records and was soon appearing at desert raves. It was in
New York, where she settled in the mid '90s to join the Martha
Graham School of Contemporary Dance, that Dinky's career
began to take off, as she immersed herself in the city's vital
underground scene. In 2000, just 23 and armed with only an
MPC 2000, she turned out her 1st productions; within a couple
of years she had released a spate of records, ranging from
trim, nuanced minimal techno to downcast electro-pop, on
Cologne's Traum Schallplatten as well as New York's Sonic
Groove and Carpark labels.
In 2003, forced by US immigration laws to leave the country,
Dinky lit out for Berlin, a city that had captured her
imagination 9 years earlier during the heyday of E-Werk and
Tresor. It was a good move: by 2005 she would release the
massive "Acid In My Fridge" for Sven Väth's Cocoon imprint
and the following year she landed a residency at Väth's
infamous Cocoon parties at Ibiza's Amnesia. Both DJing and
playing live, Dinky has gone on to become a regular fixture
across the continental scene; from Ibiza's Circo Loco to top-
draw festivals like Sonar, 10 Days Off and Sonne Mond Sterne;
while in Berlin she currently holds the honor of a Panorama Bar
residency.
Even if you've never caught Dinky live, you can get a good
sense for her unique style from her 2 mix CDs, 2007's Get Lost
03 (Crosstown Rebels) and 2008's Dinky Mixes Horizontal (P-
Vine). Folding phrases with origami grace, they present
interwoven percussive grooves flecked with scraps of melody;
they're lush and dryly funky, jacking and introspective all at
once. Dinky's own productions work in similar ways. Whether
with samples, software, hardware or some combination of all 3,
she builds compact, complex worlds out of sound, using only
the bare essentials. It's hard to think of another producer who
has imbued the principals of minimalism with such soul.
Stripped-back grooves do only as much as needed to keep the
pulse rippling, while scraps of synths, voices, or sampled who-
knows-what flit about like nervous ghosts. Often it's impossible
to tell how Dinky has put together her tracks. They seem
partly collage, partly the expression of some sentient machine.
The most recent phase of Dinky's production finds her
experimenting more than ever. With the launch of her own
Horizontal label in 2005, she began moving in the direction of
jittery, cut-up house; the label now has 10 releases and
counting, featuring not only Dinky's own productions but also
records from Matthew Styles, Jambi, Andres Bucci and more.
In 2008, Dinky released her 3rd album, May Be Later, and an
EP for Berlin's Vakant label, exploring ever more intricate
polyrhythms and uncanny timbres. In 2009, Mathew Jonson
invited her to join his Wagon Repair label, resulting in the 4-
track Lydian EP and the full-length Anemik. Having proven time
and again that she can pump out tracks for the most
demanding dance floors, here she lets her imagination and her
fingertips guide her to a more secluded place, using exclusively
hardware synths, sequencers and drum machines, and even
Fender Telecaster and Rhodes keyboard, as her raw materials.
The results range widely in style and mood, but they all come
together, crystallizing into a single idea or a single image:
something like a sun-dappled clearing in the woods, far from
any "proper" nightlife, marked by close friends, good sound and
no intrusions from the outside world, where the music is free
to roam.
http://www.dinkyland.net
OLMECA DIMENSIONS pr. COCOON | JOHANNESBURG
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DATE: Saturday 05 June 2010
VENUE: The Alexander Theatre
ADDRESS:
36 Stiemens Str
Braamfontein
Johannesburg
DOORS OPEN: 9pm
DJ LINE-UP
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*DINKY
*Ivan Turanjanin (Killer Robot)
*Ryan Dent
*Digital Rockit
*Sound Sensible
*Emma X
COVER CHARGE
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PRE-SALE: R120.00
AT THE DOOR: R150.00
TICKETS
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Pre-sale tickets now available from WEBTICKETS!
http://www.webtickets.co.za
TEL: 021.481.1822
EMAIL: info@webtickets.co.za
*No Under 18s/ID upon request
*No Illegal Substances
*No Firearms, Cans or Bottles
INFO & CONTACT
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Samantha Emmenes
CELL: 072 992 6949
EMAIL: samcoco@mac.com
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Region:
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South Africa/Johannesburg
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Music:
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House. Deep House. Funky House.
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DJ's:
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DINKY
Ivan Turanjanin (Killer Robot)
Ryan Dent
Digital Rockit
Sound Sensible
Emma X
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