Dinky Goes Big

Dinky's name belies her expansive banging sound. The drum sounds hint at her South American roots in Chile, and the vocal samples alternately shout, murmur, gasp, and whoop like half-heard come-ons on the dance floor; these awesome ingredients are then looped to infinity in a swinging minimal-style, very funky. It's all held together with a kind of elegance thats hard to find elsewhere. One of my favorite minimal releases this year.


Dinky - Horizontal [Ringing EP]


Dinky releases her stuff on her own imprint, Horizontal.

Legends of the Drum(machine): Omar-S

Omar-S is a bonafide badass/house god who gets ignored in his hometown of Detroit but draws enormous crowds over in Europe. I'm not gonna post any MP3s just cause I really respect the guy and he doesn't sell enough records (though it's arguable whether that would hurt or help, but I'm not gonna get into it.)

Here's a link to his site where you can listen to free samples of his tracks. Just play the sample of Day or Just Ask the Lonely over and over again and you'll get that Omar-S feelin.

And here's a link to more classic Detroit goodness--classic moves and style for miles.