The Juan MacLean
Encyclopedia
John MacLean, better known by the stage name
The Juan MacLean, is an American
electronic music
ian.
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 Providence College
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 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.
In March 2008 The Juan MacLean released the single "Happy House". This was followed by a tour with Australian band Cut Copy
and label-mates Shocking Pinks
. This was followed by another single called "One Day" and the album The Future Will Come on April 14, 2009.
"Happy House" was re-released in the summer of 2009. It was promoted with a video directed by The Wilderness featuring singer Nancy Whang and a collection of back-up dancers including members of other DFA bands.
On November 8, 2009, the band's live drummer, Jerry Fuchs
- who also drummed for Maserati
and !!!
died after falling down an elevator shaft.
In 2010, Juan released a DJ-Kicks
Mix
CD on !K7 Records
..
In 2011 Juan Maclean began collaborating with singer Amy Douglas under the name Peach Melba. This new collaboration was for music considered "too 'housey' for proper Juan Maclean releases". The first single released was "Can't Let Go", which showed influences from classic Chicago house
.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
The Juan MacLean, is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
ian.
History
Maclean was guitarist for the post-hardcorePost-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band Six Finger Satellite
Six Finger Satellite
Six Finger Satellite are an American synthesizer-based post-hardcore band, based in Providence, Rhode Island.- History :The band formed in 1990 around a line-up of J. Ryan , John MacLean , Peter Phillips , Chris Dixon , and Rick Pelletier...
, based in Providence
Providence, Rhode Island
Providence is the capital and most populous city of Rhode Island and was one of the first cities established in the United States. Located in Providence County, it is the third largest city in the New England region...
, Rhode Island
Rhode Island
The state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, more commonly referred to as Rhode Island , is a state in the New England region of the United States. It is the smallest U.S. state by area...
. 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
Amplifier
Generally, an amplifier or simply amp, is a device for increasing the power of a signal.In popular use, the term usually describes an electronic amplifier, in which the input "signal" is usually a voltage or a current. In audio applications, amplifiers drive the loudspeakers used in PA systems to...
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 Providence College
Providence College
Providence College is a private, coeducational, Catholic university located about two miles west of downtown Providence, Rhode Island, United States, the state's capital city. With a 2010–2011 enrollment of 3,850 undergraduate students and 735 graduate students, the College specializes in academic...
and teaching English in New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. He continued a friendship with Murphy, who moved to New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and founded influential dance-punk
Dance-punk
Dance-punk is a music genre that emerged in the late 1970s, and is closely associated with the post-punk and No Wave movements.-Predecessors:...
label DFA Records
DFA Records
DFA Records is an independent record label and production team, launched in September 2001 by Mo' Wax co-founder Tim Goldsworthy, musician James Murphy, and manager Jonathan Galkin. The label has an exclusive distribution deal with major record label EMI....
and started LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
. 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 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
LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem was a prominent American dance-punk band from New York City. It was fronted by American singer-songwriter and producer James Murphy, co-founder of record label DFA Records...
. 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.
In March 2008 The Juan MacLean released the single "Happy House". This was followed by a tour with Australian band Cut Copy
Cut Copy
Cut Copy are an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by Dan Whitford on vocals, keyboard and guitar. Other members are Tim Hoey on guitar and sampler, Ben Browning on bass guitar and Mitchell Scott on drums. Their second album, In Ghost Colours peaked at number-one on the ARIA Albums Chart in...
and label-mates Shocking Pinks
Shocking Pinks
Shocking Pinks are a band formed by Nick Harte and based in Christchurch, New Zealand.Nick Harte has been in New Zealand bands such as CM Ensemble, Hiatus, The Incisions, Montessouri, Laudanum, Luxor Dance Ensemble, Urinator, Solaa, The Brunettes and Pig Out. The band has been signed to New York...
. This was followed by another single called "One Day" and the album The Future Will Come on April 14, 2009.
"Happy House" was re-released in the summer of 2009. It was promoted with a video directed by The Wilderness featuring singer Nancy Whang and a collection of back-up dancers including members of other DFA bands.
On November 8, 2009, the band's live drummer, Jerry Fuchs
Jerry Fuchs
Gerhardt "Jerry" Fuchs was an American indie rock drummer, writer and graphic artist. Fuchs was a member of the bands Turing Machine, The Juan MacLean, !!! and Maserati and performed drums live with the groups MSTRKRFT and LCD Soundsystem.-Career:Fuchs attended college at the University of...
- who also drummed for Maserati
Maserati (band)
Maserati is a band from Athens, Georgia, United States whose sound is best described as a combination of post-rock and psychedelic influences. Their music is instrumental, relying on the standard rock instrumentation of guitar, bass, and drums...
and !!!
!!!
!!! is a dance-punk band that formed in Sacramento, California, in 1996. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as The Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Popesmashers...
died after falling down an elevator shaft.
In 2010, Juan released a DJ-Kicks
DJ-Kicks
DJ-Kicks is a series of DJ mix albums, mixed by various artists for the independent record label !K7 Records.-History:...
Mix
DJ mix
A DJ mix or DJ mixset is a sequence of musical tracks typically mixed together to appear as one continuous track. When a DJ mix or DJ mixset is recorded onto some medium, it is often referred to as a mix tape...
CD on !K7 Records
Studio !K7
Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...
..
In 2011 Juan Maclean began collaborating with singer Amy Douglas under the name Peach Melba. This new collaboration was for music considered "too 'housey' for proper Juan Maclean releases". The first single released was "Can't Let Go", which showed influences from classic Chicago house
Chicago house
Chicago house is a style of house music, a genre of electronic dance music which emerged in Chicago in the mid-1980s. Stylistically, Chicago house has no widely accepted definition, but generally includes the first house music productions by Chicago-based artists throughout the 1980s, and any later...
.
Albums
- Less Than Human - 9 August 2005
- VisitationsVisitations (Juan MacLean album)Visitations is a remix album from electronic artist The Juan MacLean. It was released on DFA Records in June 2006 as a download only album. The album is a compilation of remixes from a variety of artists including Reverso 68, X-Press 2, Cajmere, Putsch 79, Booka Shade and also contains an exclusive...
- digital only remix album released 12 June 2006 - The Future Will ComeThe Future Will ComeThe Future Will Come is the second album by electronic artist The Juan Maclean. It was released on DFA Records on the 21 April 2009.-Track listing:#"The Simple Life" - 8:36#"The Future Will Come" - 4:53#"One Day" - 4:15#"A New Bot" - 3:14...
- 2009 - DJ-Kicks - 2010
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 RaptureThe Rapture (band)The Rapture is an Indie rock band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock, pioneering the post-punk revival genre...
's "Killing") - "Tito's Way" - 2005
- "Love Is In The Air" - 2006
- "Happy House" - 2008
- "The Simple Life" - 2008
- "One Day" - 2009
- "Feels So Good" - 2010
- "Can't Let Go" - 2011 (as Peach Melba)
Remixes
- Spectrum 311 – "Lying Eyes" (162 a Records)
- Trash Palace – "Sex On The Beach" (Discograph)
- Ralph Myerz – "Think Twice" (Emperor Norton)
- Chromeo – "Me and My Man" (V2)
- Air – "Surfing On A Rocket" (EMI)
- Daft Punk – "Human After All" (EMI)
- Duchess Saya – "Black Flag" (Summer Lovers)
- Furukawa Miki – "Coffee and Singing Girl" (Heartfast Japan)
- Chicken Lips – "White Dwarf" (Adrift Records)
- Kudu – "Playing House" (Nublu)
- VHS Or Beta – "You Got Me" (EMI)
- The Presets – "I Go Hard I Go Home" (Modular)
- Muscles – "Sweaty" (Modular)
- Dave Gahan – "Deeper and Deeper" (Mute)
- MUNK - "Live Fast Die Old" (Gomma)
- Sally Shapiro – "I Know You’re My Love" (Paper Bag)
- Cobra Starship – "Snakes On A Plane" (Decay)
- Sneaky Soundsystem - “???” (Whack Recordings)
- Snax - "Passage of Time" (Nu Frequency)
- Roy Davis Jr – “I Have a Vision” (Scion)
- Patstique De Reve - “Lost In the City”
- The Twelves - "Be My Crush“ (etcetc)
- Circle Square – "Hey You Guys" (!K7)
- Disco Demolition – "Follow Me" (DDR)
- Franz Ferdinand – "No You Girls" (Domino)
- All-American Rejects – "Wind Blows" (Interscope)
- Chairlift – "Evident Utensil" (Columbia)
- Chairlift – "Bruises" (Columbia)
- White Lies – "Unfinished Business" (Fiction)
- Passion Pit - "Green Tank" (French Kiss/Columbia)
- Toxic Avenger - “The Non-Sense Anthem” (Iheartcomx)
- Example – “Won’t Go Quietly” (Ministry of Sound Australia)
- Sidwho – “Vote David Bowie For President” (Adult Arts Club)
- Midnight Juggernauts - “TNT” (Modular)
- Spleen United - “Suburbia” (First World/Sony)
- Disco Biscuits - “You And I” (SCI Fidelity)
- Tough Alliance – “A New Chance” (Sincerely Yours)
- Marina & The Diamonds – “Hollywood” (679/Warner Brothers)
- Bag Raiders – "Way Back Home" (Modular)
- Romi – “Sleep” (self)
- Via Tania - “Fields” (The Hours)
- Styrofoam - “ Styroforam” (Nettwerk)
- My Robot Friend w/ Alison Moyet – “Waiting” (Worried Rainbow)
- Neon Hitch “ Over You” (Warner Brothers)
- Cosmic Kids – “Reginald’s Groove” (Throne of Blood)
- Midnight Magic “ Drop” (Permanent Vacation)
- The Big Crunch Theory –“Arrows” (Versatile)
- Yoko Ono – “Talking To The Universe”
- Automagic – “Iris” (Kid Recordings)
- Superhuman Happiness - "Um Canto de Afoxé Para o Bloco do Ilê” (Sony)
- Stevie Nicks “Secret Love” (Reprise)
External links
- The Juan MacLean's Official Site
- The Juan MacLean's DJ-Kicks Site
- The Juan MacLean at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- The Juan MacLean at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- The Juan MacLean at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- The Juan MacLean on The Belmont SessionsThe Belmont SessionsThe Belmont Sessions is an independent production collective based out of Chicago. They have produced live concert videos for a variety of artists, including RJD2, Maps and Atlases, and Murs. The group focuses on creating and distributing HD content for online audiences...
- The Juan MacLean's "Happy House" video on VimeoVimeoVimeo is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. It was founded by Zach Klein and Jake Lodwick in November 2004...