The Juan MacLean

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The Juan MacLean
The Juan Maclean
The Juan Maclean
Background information
Origin United States
Genre(s) Electronica, Dance-punk
Years active 2002 – present
Label(s) DFA Records
Website www.thejuanmaclean.com
Members
John MacLean
Eric Broucek (live)
Nicholas Millhiser (live)
Jerry Fuchs (live)

John MacLean, also known as The Juan MacLean, is an American electronic musician.

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Maclean was guitarist for the indie Dance-punk band Six Finger Satellite, based in Providence, Rhode Island. The band was struck by several tragedies, and Maclean eventually moved into production duties, utilizing his home studio in Providence (nicknamed "The Parlor"). Eventually James Murphy joined the band as sound engineer (where he became known for a punishing tour PA setup, which he nicknamed "Death From Above").

Eventually the band broke up, and Maclean spent several years out of the music business, getting a degree at the University of Rhode Island and teaching English in New Hampshire. He continued a friendship with Murphy, who moved to New York City and founded influential dance-punk label DFA Records and started LCD Soundsystem. Murphy urged Maclean to get back into music, and got Maclean experimenting with modern electronic mixing equipment; DFA would include several Maclean compositions on compilation records.

His first full length album on the label, Less Than Human, was released in July 2005.

Maclean toured America tour in Fall 2006 in support of The DFA Remixes Chapter 2.

On videos for "Give Me Every Little Thing" and "Tito's Way", MacLean is joined by tour drummer Jerry Fuchs. Other touring members include Eric Broucek and Nicholas Millhiser, and "Dance With Me" features vocalist Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem. The video for "Give Me Every Little Thing" was directed by Ben Dickenson of Waverly Films. The video for "Tito's Way" was directed by Adam Levite as Associates in Science.[1]

Currently, MacLean is working on a second album.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

[edit] EPs

[edit] Singles

  • "By The Time I Get To Venus" - 2002
  • "You Can't Have It Both Ways" - 2002
  • "Give Me Every Little Thing" - 2003 (split with The Rapture's "Killing")
  • "Tito's Way" - 2005
  • "Love Is In The Air" - 2006
  • "Happy House" - 2008

[edit] References

  1. ^ mvdbase.com - Adam Levite Videography

[edit] External links

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