Dubliners, We at 2Night Like Nothing More Than Party- Ing from Dusk Till Dawn, So the Advent of Winter Just Gives Us More Time on the Dance Floor
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Welcome contents to the October issue of our magazine! The nights are getting longer, and that suits us just fine – like many Dubliners, we at 2night like nothing more than party- ing from dusk till dawn, so the advent of winter just gives us more time on the dance floor. It’s the ideal 04 time, then, to unveil our clubbing special, rounding Special Feature - Cubbed out up 30 cool, unusual, new or well-loved venues to 2night sizes up the best nightclubs in the city dance the night away. You can find our list of top places on page 4. You can also get an insight into what it’s like to be the person behind the decks, at the front of the club, or in the back pulling the strings: we’ve interviewed 12 top DK Marina Dinitz and Wright Venue hostess Competitions Win concert tickets Izabela Chudzick on page 5, and youthful promoter and meals out with 2night! Emmet Cleary on page 16. You’ll also find the best clubbing events selected from page 18. Of course, we’ve featured many other events in this magazine, from the Ulster Bank Theatre Festival to 14 the excellent gigs running in the city this month. Cinema Even more sedate types will find this issue useful, Your guide to the major film thanks to our ever-discerning cinema round-ups on releases in October page 14. And variety is the byword for our Best of Dublin section, beginning on page 29 and surveying everything from the best hairdresser in town to the finest in Irish cuisine. We’ve got your evening cov- 16 ered, from right after you finish work to – of course – Music your late night. If you like what you see here, just log Up and Clubbing on to 2night.ie for more events, previews, competi- tions and reviews – you won’t regret it. 18 Events Your guide to what’s on PUBLISHER: 2night Entertainment Ltd in October SALES & MARKETING DIRECTOR: Ether Simoncini ([email protected]) EDITOR: Derek Owens ([email protected]) COVER: Daniele Vian GRAPHIC DESIGN 2night PRINT: Chinchio Industria Grafica - Rubano - Italy. 29 Best of Dublin N°9 - OCTOBER 2010 Where to eat, drink and party This is a 2night Entertainment Ltd publication, all rights are reserved. in Dublin 2night is copyright of 2night Spa and it is licensed to 2night Entertainment Ltd. Reproduction of the 2night Magazine, in any form, is strictly prohibited. For further information email: [email protected] 2haveNIGHTERS AND your THEIR NIGHTLI sayfE Name: Izabela Chudzicka Name: Marina Dinitz PR and Corporate Hostess, DJ, The Wright Venue The Exchequer, South William c What’s the secret for a good night out? For a DJ, what’s the difference between a Dublin crowd 2 You have to know exactly what you’re looking for, and it depends on and a crowd elsewhere in Europe? n l i the group of people you are with. You have to plan in advance and The crowd in Dublin can really enjoy and appreciate house music – the g know where you’re going, because people get incredibly stressed out important thing is DJing the right venue. I have been playing in Dublin h u if they’re heading for a night out and they don’t know what to expect for the past three years and went through many nightclubs where chart t s or someone changes their mind, or they’re waiting for transport. When music and pop R’n’B predominated. Then, of course, I had a lot of dif- you know exactly where you’re going and how you’re going to be ficulties. Nowadays, I feel that the crowd who frequent my residents iz b e looked after, I think it’s fine. I also think it’s a bad idea to do three or four nights come back for the pleasant atmosphere of the bar and also be- s locations on a night out. In The Wright Venue, we’re lucky in that we cause they enjoy the style of music I play. In the rest of Europe, I had u b pretty much provide entertainment for the whole night. only positive experiences, as the promoters who invited me to play both p . t y in Ibiza – as in London, Milan or Mykonos – knew they were taking me th it e e u c And obviously, part of your job is to make groups of because my style of music was compatible with the club. b d he people happy. What tricks do you have for that? es o t t ni s in Well, if a group is coming to us, and they’ve informed us and booked an Do you think Dubliners appreciate the art of DJing, or ghtclub area or table, a hostess will be assigned to look after them on the night. do many see it as background music? This means they’re collected at the door and shown where they’re go- It’s relative I think but, in my opinion, most of them appreciate it. Nearly ing, so that’s always helpful for a group – especially if they don’t know all the bars, before the recession, had DJs mixing and I could feel the what’s happening. A lot of groups come in now that know the venue and receptiveness of the crowd – most of them rocking their feet, moving where they’re going but, for a group coming in for the first time, that’s their bodies a little. And, when you think that nobody is paying atten- f variety is the spice of life, then but be impressed. charge, or giving clubbers more changing, so it helps to keep an important. A point of contact is pretty useful. tion, you always get surprised by someone coming to compliment the Dublin’s club scene is positively Of course, you don’t need to do bang for their buck. More and more eye out on what’s happening – and music. Ibrimming with chillies. At least that, because we’ve done the hard great DJs are plying their trade out- we’d like your help in doing just What attracts you to the nightclub world? that’s what we found when we took work for you with this collection side the studio and in live sets. And that. Let us know what you think It kind of happened by accident! My father is a DJ, so I grew up with a Is it hard to keep on top of new music that’s coming on an age-old question: ‘what is of 30 great clubs in the city. From the décor of new places is getting of these clubs by signing up free dad who was out on Friday and Saturdays. When I ended up in Ireland, out? How do you do it? there to do late at night in Dublin?’ the sleek and sexy Krystle to the more and more interesting. on 2night.ie and leaving your com- I got my first job in marketing and did that for a few well-known places I used to have a day job that affected the time I could dedicate to the mu- Some people might complain that dark and brooding Fibbers Rock That’s one of the reasons why ments, or email us ([email protected]) in Dublin, then found myself at The Wright Venue. I guess, if you love sic. So, this year, I decided to just work as a DJ and have plenty of time to we haven’t yet developed into a Bar – via many indie-clubs, meat you’ll find some new clubs in if you think there’s a special club people and you love entertainment, it’s a brilliant business to be in. But explore. I buy most of my music in websites like Juno records, Beatport, great clubbing city, but anyone markets and laid-back places – the mix over the coming pages that we should cover. After all, it’s it’s hard work as well. Traxsource and Decks.de. I listen to producers’ work on Soundcloud or who actually takes the time to sur- we’ve delved behind the scenes of along with some well-loved and hard work keeping an eye on the Myspace too. You can get in touch with them and sometimes have the vey the sheer breadth of choices Dublin’s clubland, and we like what well-established venues. After all, club scene! tracks for free. I also subscribe the MixMag magazine. One of the most for night owls nowadays can’t help we see. Places are waiving the cover the nightclub scene is constantly important sources – though it’s difficult to do – is watching other DJs playing. I would love to do it all the time but, usually, we are all DJing at the same time! 5 ANDREW’S LANE Theatre DOyLES Odessa 9-17, Saint Andrew’s 9, College Street - KRystle 13, Dame Court - Lane – Dublin 2. Dublin 2. 21-25, Harcourt Dublin 2 Tel: 016795720 Tel: 016710616 Street - Dublin 2. Tel: 016707634 n atmospheric setting for both live gigs and club nights, Andrew’s his innocuous bar, with a vaguely Victorian décor downstairs, trans- hoever decorated this place clearly spent much of their youth ne of the first contemporary Dublin members clubs to open its Lane Theatre plays host to popular regular clubs, including Vogue forms by night into a student madhouse with great indie on the decks watching Miami Vice - and yes, that is a complement, because doors, Odessa continues to thrive – and not just because the res- Aon Wednesdays and the indie-heavy Ditzy on Thursdays, along with Tupstairs – plus the odd cheesy tune thrown in to pack the dance- Wthe ostentatiously plush look really works.