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The Juan MacLean

The Juan MacLean occupies that space I spent years thinking dance music couldn't look, a location where rhythm is live and vital, where "the forgotten sounds of tomorrow"--Detroit's soft pads and Berlin's precision--move backward and forward at once, all injected with an infections groove that comes from nowhere but No Wave, early eighties electro funk, and raw, spontaneous vocals. One of SXSW 2006's hottest tickets, the Juan MacLean, like labelmates LCD Soundsystem, offers an endurance-based package, his live sets as equally paced as they are relentless. That this project is the eponymous brainchild of Six Finger Satellite's John MacLean remains surprising, considering that most of us who did serious time in dance music invested a lot of energy in arguing that people who rocked couldn't make anyone dance.

The Juan MacLean - I Robot
The Juan MacLean - By the Time I Get to Venus
The Juan MacLean - Dance with Me
The Juan MacLean - You Can't Have It Both Ways (live)

The Juan MacLean's official site is here. Buy Less than Human from Amazon. The Juan MacLean is currently touring with Hot Chip. They will be playing the Pitchfork / Windish Agency day party at Emo's Annex (that's across the street, kids) on Friday, March 17 and the DFA / Astralwerks showcase at The Parish on Saturday, March 18. Additional DJ sets are scheduled for Friday, March 17 at the 2020 Promotions / Ghostly International afterhours party at Plush and Saturday, March 18 at the Factory People day party.

Posted by Last Girl to the Party at 03.13.06 at 8:34 PM

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