Slinkee Minx
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genres | Dance |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Central Station, Dinky, AATW, Ultra Records, LNG, Xelon, Universal Music TV, Independent Artist |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | Annemarie Failla Michelle Palmer |
| Past members | Belinda Tartaglia (2001–2010) |
Slinkee Minx (also known as Slinky Minx) are a dance act from Melbourne, Australia, who formed in 2001 and are best known for their 2004 cover of Belinda Carlisle's "Summer Rain", which debuted at No. 5 on the Australian ARIA Music Charts and No 1. on the DMC World Hard House Chart.
Slinkee Minx tracks have featured on over 100 compilation and dance albums across the globe. Of note, Slinkee Minx have featured on multiple Clubland compilation releases in the UK. Clubland are a series of compilation albums released by Universal Music TV, AATW.
The band released their debut album Electric Dreams in 2007 which contained the dance and mainstream chart hits "Summer Rain", "Closer", "Way of Life" and "Someday".
Annemarie Failla, Michelle Palmer and Belinda Tartaglia made up the original Slinkee Minx lineup. The trio have similar backgrounds, all three were singing and dancing from a young age. Annemarie and Belinda met at a young age in primary school and from the age of 15 the two girls started writing and performing together. Annemarie and Michelle met working as editors of two highly successful online magazines. Michelle Palmer joined with Annemarie and Belinda in 2001 to form Slinkee Minx.
Musically in their early career Slinkee Minx stated they were influenced by artists such as Stevie Wonder, Jamiroquai, Modjo, George Michael, Kylie Minogue, Rogue Traders and Moloko.
The girls released a number of songs (as featuring artists, not credited) between 2001 and 2004 which featured on Compilation albums.
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