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Art meets clubs meets music - where else could it be but DJINNIDITTO? \x‘v’or/Is: David Pollock
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“opt-ring of ‘I planned lliiii'nH-tny hush). lljc‘ (lltl l""tl~u'k sg‘nril means Dunniditto v "I continue at its spiritual l"‘l‘l4‘ in ligo for the foreseeable lI"'Il‘t‘
We wanted to (lo something that wasn‘t typically l~iIinbui‘gh—esqtie. which means yuppie—throwback .miwrsity students going to corny clubs and/or tlte wannabe. rich—kid "I‘ve been privateIy—cducated. bttt I‘m from the ghetto" ethic.~ says Magee. half of the Djinniilitto engine room along with fellow artist ("trace \lziran. ‘Wc just wanted to create an alternative night where the beat matching. “seamless mixing" thing wasn’t an issue and being humbled by good music was.' t g
Although the musical mentt ls predominantly electronic and. specifically. electro. .\lagee and his fellow l).ls are not afraid to throw anything from garage rock to house classics into the mix. I)jinniditto has been likened to the east coast ()ptimo ('()ptimo is
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the lies! clttb l have ever been to.‘ says Macgee). but the most comparable factor is that both clubs are tapped into what Magee calls ‘the creative mm".
As well as its independence. Djinniditto is also prottd of its function as a platform for new visual artists. .\lagee and .\laran are the people behind the heavily-publicised The ()I/It’l’ Slide exhibition. and Magcc is keen to point out that the club serves an important purpose as a gallery space: ‘We‘ve clawed away at people. maintaining that this isn't just a club night. and that we do exhibit a hell of a lot of art. We‘ve worked with some of the most awesome contemporary artists in Scotland right now — people who‘ve exhibited in the l‘ruitmarket. Stills and the (‘ollective - and a lot of well-known and respected
gallery curators from around lidinburgh come down to see it
‘A lat Of respeCted and have become Djinniditto gallery curators come down to see it and have become regulars’
regulars. Which I love.‘
So does .‘ylagee think he's causing a scene. quite literally. in the capital‘.’ ‘Well. we‘re just facilitating the scene.‘ he says. with unwarranted humility. ‘But I think it‘s bands like the Magnificents [who have played Djinniditto] who are creating it. I‘ve done my damnedest to work with them. because they‘re like no one else I‘ve heard before and they jtist wouldn't sound like that if they weren‘t from lidinburgh.~
He continues: ‘But Djinniditto‘s got a reputation for haying an exclusive audience and I can't think why. because anyone who comes down will see that it's a very worthwhile thing. I've left clttbs at three in the morning feeling messed—up and brilliant. and not giving a fuck if I make it to work the next morning — and that‘s exactly how I want people to feel when they leave l)jinniditto.‘
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