| DJ Dina yesterday at Oxygène Centell Antanimena. |
This yr, Dj Dina is celebrating 35 years of profession. Back in Madagascar, he’s providing 4 distinctive evenings, together with one in Antsirabe this night, after setting Tana on hearth yesterday.
Can you inform us about your profession path over your 35-year profession, notably out of your begin in Madagascar to your success in France?
My skilled journey into the world of DJing started in 1989, after I started to discover the probabilities provided by turntables, notably via events at Zazou. However, my ardour for music has even deeper roots, courting again to my childhood the place I used to be launched to vinyls by my grandfather. It is that this household heritage that formed my self-taught trajectory on the planet of DJing. After my debut in Madagascar, notably in emblematic locations just like the Indra and the VIP Hilton and others, I felt the necessity to excellent my artwork. So in 2006, I took the chance to go to France to comply with a masterclass. After acquiring my certificates in 2009, I then had success in French nightclubs, the place I’m nonetheless underneath contract right this moment in a nightclub in France.
How do you understand the DJing business in Madagascar? Is it nonetheless usable for younger native abilities?
For me, the important thing lies in ardour somewhat than the search for wealth. If younger Malagasy individuals have an actual ardour for music and are prepared to speculate totally, then something is feasible. Personally, I used to be continually trying to push my limits and hone my expertise, therefore my determination to hunt alternatives overseas. Although the fundamentals are current in Madagascar, I firmly imagine that opening as much as different horizons can enormously contribute to the skilled improvement of native DJs. However, for the DJing business to totally develop, it’s important to grant it skilled standing, with advantages comparable to retirement and mutual insurance coverage.
What units you other than different DJs, each on the Malagasy and French scene?
My uniqueness lies in my capacity to merge the previous and the current, skillfully combining nostalgia with innovation. While many flip to the most recent expertise and digital controllers, I stay loyal to vinyl, a medium that embodies each custom and authenticity. My strategies, acquired in Madagascar, are enhanced by my French experiences, which permits me to supply a singular sound, each acquainted and progressive. This method has allowed me to face out on the worldwide scene, notably inside the framework of my present work in a famend Parisian nightclub. So, I combine custom and modernity with vinyl.
What are your future plans?
My purpose is to create a big DJing faculty, anchored in Madagascar however open to your entire Indian Ocean area. Although I’ve obtained presents of economic help, I wish to provoke this challenge independently, avoiding any political interference. I need this faculty to be the fruit of my inventive imaginative and prescient, and I hope that others can be part of me in making it a actuality.
Nicole Rafalimananjara
