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The quartet, who met at art
school in Edinburgh, produced the album in their flat and Maclean is proud of the journey to its comple- tion. “Getting the album out and getting it back to the studio when the first batch of vinyl came in was pretty special, it had been quite of a struggle to get to that point.” Django Django are an act that
ON THE RADAR DJANGO DJANGO
Recently nominated for a Mercury Prize, Django Django’s eponymous debut album has been racking up acclaim since its January release. Speaking to Music Week about receiving the honour, band drum-
mer and producer Dave Maclean remains modest: “It’s kind of weird. I think of the other bands as ‘proper bands’ and don’t quite see us as in that limelight. But it’s great to be considered.”
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are adamant about retaining cre- ative control - so they were happy to sign Because Music: “It really seemed like the perfect label for us,” says Maclean. “True to their word they let us
get on with the album and said ‘phone us when it’s finished’ and that was it really.” Describing the group’s sound, Maclean says they want to make
interesting pop music”, citing the Beach Boys as an influence on their electro-pop-meets-rockabilly sound. Honing their live repertoire, the
band recently played Bestival - a highlight for Maclean. Forthcoming performances include support slots for Hot Chip, who the band have been likened to, before they head out on a headline UK tour. They’re working with artist Kim Coleman (who directed their video to Waveforms), to produce visuals for the home series of gigs. Next single Life’s A Beach is out
October 30, and Maclean describes it as an “homage to surf culture and music.” Looking forward, he admits that
the direction for the second album is undecided as yet and the band’s
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hope is to start work on it next year. Until then Django Django will clock up gigs on home shores and across the Atlantic in Los Angeles and Chicago too.
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35 ONE DIRECTION JUSTIN BIEBER
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10 12 MADNESS 11 10 CHERYL COLE 12 13 THE SCRIPT 13 13 MARK KNOPFLER 14 13 EXAMPLE 15 6 16 7 17 6
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