but it's not happy house is it?
― owenf, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 10:04 (ten years ago) link
no, it's merely excellent
― Luigi Nono, le petit robot (seandalai), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 11:22 (ten years ago) link
Not sure if I'm really so into Nancy Whang's vocals these days...
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 12:21 (ten years ago) link
Especially since there's been so much great vocal house and pop dance music this year.
― MikoMcha, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 12:22 (ten years ago) link
Yeah I'm not a fan of her voice at all, I actively dislike the Classixx song she appears on. She works well on Happy House because it's largely confined to soundbites that enhance the rest of the track ("you are so excellent", "launch meeee intooo spaaaaace") but most of her more song-based appearances don't really work for me.
That said, Tonight is probably my favourite Juan Mclean song, although she's heavily treated on that.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 13:58 (ten years ago) link
I'm so into her voice voice. I could listen to an album of Nancy Whang. The Classixx song wasn't really great imo. I think the lyrics to this one are pretty wack, but it's enjoyable listening.
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 14:17 (ten years ago) link
Sorry. I got the Classixx song "All You're Waiting For" confused with Juan Maclean's "You Are My Destiny".
― how's life, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
I like the Classixx joint and the other Juan track from this year a lot, not sure about this one. But I would be so down with a Nancy Whang album.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:26 (ten years ago) link
I like this a lot - the early 90s piano house vibe is awesome. Reminds me of Edward's World's "Soul Roots".
― Tim F, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:38 (ten years ago) link
Good, good stuff.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:53 (ten years ago) link
good kick drum, I approve
― smang culture (DJP), Wednesday, 2 October 2013 16:57 (ten years ago) link
good track
would LOVE a nancy whang album
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:03 (ten years ago) link
melody's too infantile or something. prefer "all you're waiting for"
― flopson, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 17:39 (ten years ago) link
love everything I've got of these guys, but find sorting through house music in general tiresome and bewildering. did not like the Studio stuff I heard. what else is out there that's like this?
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 January 2014 17:48 (ten years ago) link
a) we don't know what you've got of these guysb) Studio are not house musicc) we don't know what you've heard of Studio
it would be fun to answer your question otherwise!
― (D1CK$) (sic), Friday, 31 January 2014 23:35 (ten years ago) link
I heard West Coast and was bored by it. I have Less Than Human, the Future Will Come, Feel So Good DJ Kicks, By the Time I Get to Venus and some other 12" I can't remember right now
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 31 January 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
Are you a fan of DFA acts in general?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, 1 February 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
Well I like LCD Soundsystem. Never listened to hot chip or their other acts.
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 1 February 2014 01:52 (ten years ago) link
My EOY #1s from two different years:
https://soundcloud.com/dfa-records/touchhttps://soundcloud.com/brutal-music-1/justin-velor-back-to-the (longer version is on Spotify, even better)
― the first cologne based on a sea-captain based celebrity (seandalai), Saturday, 1 February 2014 02:04 (ten years ago) link
kinda got buried with a late Friday release on a (double?) holiday weekend but yeah:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns_9TZ8mH2A
Not totally feeling the "Let's Go To Bed" lift but everything else works.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 16 February 2014 06:14 (ten years ago) link
Excited for this.
http://pitchfork.com/news/55699-the-juan-maclean-announce-new-album-in-a-dream-share-a-place-called-space/
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Definitely stoked. "the Nancy Show"? This is an album I've been waiting for.
― how's life, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
Yeah reading that made me very happy. Maybe that should have been the album title?
― Kitchen Person, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
FUCK YEAH!!!!!
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:10 (ten years ago) link
Stoked!
― Van Horn Street, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 15:19 (ten years ago) link
I listen to my Nancy Whang playlist all the time. Can't wait for this.
― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:28 (ten years ago) link
*guitar solo*
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, June 25, 2014 8:10 AM
― polyamanita (sleeve), Wednesday, 25 June 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
please share this Nancy Wang playlist
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:14 (ten years ago) link
also this is amazing
― boxedjoy, Wednesday, 25 June 2014 19:16 (ten years ago) link
i'm in love with this song. it combines a bunch of my favorite sounds right now... menacing EBM pulse, gritty/down and out guitars, mystic space vibes, sickly sweet synthpop, and it's fucking pretentious and bombastic. amazing.
― Spectrum, Thursday, 26 June 2014 02:44 (ten years ago) link
Nancy Whang Spotify Playlist:
http://open.spotify.com/user/brotherlovesdub/playlist/4SMV6ZuDFvI1JWGKHc9yTG
I tried to keep it to songs she sings more than just back up vocals on so lots of LCD stuff was left off. It's not meant to be a comprehensive list of appearances.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 26 June 2014 03:04 (ten years ago) link
sweet, thanks!
― polyamanita (sleeve), Thursday, 26 June 2014 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Nancy Whang & Bonnar Bradberry - Working The Midnight Shift: http://open.spotify.com/album/3cUR2cKMt8ZMtEjtBye42Q
Nanacy Whang & Audiojack - Like An Eagle: http://open.spotify.com/album/2IbGqNS1vExE5PpcXKHMed
― lazyitis, Sunday, 29 June 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
puting here because the Nancy love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nevAPJuBnQM
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:20 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nevAPJuBnQM#t=173
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:21 (ten years ago) link
nice!
not so into that new track but still looking forward to the new album
― sleeve, Tuesday, 5 August 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
http://thump.vice.com/mixes/mixed-by-the-juan-maclean
― just sayin, Monday, 25 August 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Pre-orders for the new album are up.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 25 August 2014 16:02 (ten years ago) link
The album is now streaming here.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/arts/music/pressplay.html?ref=arts&_r=0
― Kitchen Person, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:21 (ten years ago) link
can we get this thread locked so ppl only use the correctly-spelled one?
― dave matthews' gland (sic), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
Is there a particular "The Juan Maclean" thread that has been serving as an all-purpose catch-all thread?
― how's life, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:40 (ten years ago) link
Because otherwise, I'll probably just go ahead and correct the spelling in this thread's title.
Yes please do!(Most tJM action is here: Happy House - the Juan Maclean but a dedicated artist thread would be great imo)
― willem, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 14:45 (ten years ago) link
Holy shit, I really love the new album.
― Herbie Handcock (Murgatroid), Thursday, 11 September 2014 05:30 (ten years ago) link
Release is next week? I've had it on order for ages it seems, hopefully there'll be a download link in the mail soon
― willem, Thursday, 11 September 2014 09:44 (ten years ago) link
The release is supposed to be next week but Amazon now have it listed as coming out on October 7th. Hope that's not the case. I ordered it ages ago too.
― Kitchen Person, Thursday, 11 September 2014 19:34 (ten years ago) link
this album rules, def surpassed my expectations
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 12 September 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
that is awesome to hear
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:34 (ten years ago) link
feel like nancy whang is weirdly unheralded
― jaymc, Friday, 12 September 2014 05:48 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEdow5rpWg
new track for Hard Fist comp is great
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 30 April 2021 14:23 (three years ago) link
ty
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 30 April 2021 18:54 (three years ago) link
From that interview last July:
It has been very surreal, having this music that’s mostly meant to be played in a club, be released. On the one hand you could say that it’s a bit of a waste. On the other hand, it’s all music I cared very deeply about, and the response has been phenomenal.
The thread has failed to keep track of his stuff for two years, and he really was cranking it out ahead of the pandemic:
Jul 2019: Lone Dancer EP ("solo" disco-y sample-based) (beatport link - others are bandcamp)
another non-album single out next week, as a duo with Man Power called Juan Power - one of the b-sides is a remix of an otherwise unreleased track, so presumably there's more to come
They had another six tracks intended for two EPs to launch a proper label, and dropped them as one BC-exclusive LP at the start of lockdown:
Mar 2020: THE JUAN POWER LP by Juan Power ("limited to 1000 downloads")
May 2020: Manthony EP ("solo" synthy techno)
May 2020: Yearning To High ("solo" on Alone Together comp)
Jun 2020: Here In The Twilight EP (acid house with disco leanings)
Dec 2020: Disco Stallion (mogadon house on Correspondant label comp)
Mar 2021: Ritual Device ("my long form ambient LP ‘Ritual Device.’ Intended for journeying during altered states of consciousness or inducing them.")
Apr 2021: I Can't Explain EP:
(“I produced every track on this EP under the influence of some type of psychedelic, mostly LSD. They are long, linear tracks that were composed after weekends of head down dancing in dark clubs, meant to induce the type of trance that comes from repetition and a certain kind of moodiness. They also have a bit of old school House flavor to them, with the looping of mangled 1 bar Disco samples. Per usual with these kinds of tracks, they were in my DJ sets for a couple of years as I fine-tuned them, and I end up getting very attached to them, particularly when other DJ’s start asking about them, and then I get to a point where I actually don’t want them released! But when Man Power asked if he could release them on Me Me Me, I immediately agreed, as I knew they would be given a sort of care and support that would make me happy to have them released into the world, as opposed to feeling they would just be released into a black hole.”)
Apr 2021: Grit / Unanswered (deep house collab w/ Amtrac)
Apr 2021: Under Pressure ("solo" on Hand To Hand comp)Apr 2021: Skies Open ("solo", as above)Apr 2021: Chopper ("solo" on A Lot of Love comp)
plus remixes released just during the pandemic:
Mar 2020: Club Tularosa - Starlight Ceremony (Juan Maclean Remix)Apr 2020: Birds Of Pandæmonium - The Night (Juan Maclean Remix)May 2020: Man2.0 - In The Vacuum Of Noise (The Juan Maclean Remix) (youtube link)Jun 2020: Ferrari - Talk (Juan MacLean Remix)Jul 2020: The World Wild Web & Tritha - Prophet (The Juan MacLean Remix)Jul 2020: Jac The Disco - Goddess (Juan Maclean Remix)Aug 2020: New World - Enough! (The Juan MacLean Remix)Oct 2020: Time To Sleep - Taramoto (The Juan Maclean Remix)Mar 2021: Museum Level - Sultan Pepper (Juan MacLean remix)
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 21:04 (three years ago) link
nice, ty for putting all that together
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:14 (three years ago) link
yeah, thanks, that's very useful
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
Thanks, sic. The MeMeMe ep is strange to listen to but I'm curious to hear them out.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 May 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
The title track is very similar to Circus Bells but all made from one bar disco loops, quite an achievement.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:02 (three years ago) link
i love it so far, "ain't no thing baby" is what i need from him rn
― John Cooper of Christian rock band Skillet (map), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
He actually messaged HOt M3ss before the pandemic asking to play and we were talking to him about it. I'm not quite sure he realised it was a 150 person capacity club though!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
I still managed to miss that
unreleased joint [by Juan Maclean (Master DJ & Producer)] opening his "chuggy and druggy" set on Beats In Space this week
got released in the pando as well:
Jun 2020: Are We Still Dreaming? one 12-in left for sale / soundcloud or that he had another collabo duo:
Jul 2019: Longlost - Take 8
He also did a 2-hour "Psychedelic House, Techno and Ambient" radio mix to launch Ritual Device, which looks like it might now be a monthly thing:
Ritual Device with Juan MacLean @ The Lot Radio 03 - 29 - 2021
Ritual Device with Juan MacLean @ The Lot Radio 04 - 26 - 2021
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
messaged HOt M3ss before the pandemic asking to play and we were talking to him about it.
fingers crossed for 2022!
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
Yes! Man Power did the same so maybe they were talking to each other about HM!
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:25 (three years ago) link
sic, I sent you a webmail via the ILX message function.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:31 (three years ago) link
Damn, sic, thank you so much for putting that together! <3
― willem, Friday, 21 May 2021 12:39 (three years ago) link
did some nerdy sorting to see just how significantly (and steadily!) his rate of production has increased
2002-2004: 55 mins of singles, b-sides and compilation tracks*2004: a 45-minute LP2008: a half-hour EP*2009: an hour-long LP (with a 13-minute single) 2010-14: an hour of singles, b-sides and compilation tracks*2014: hour-long LP2016-17: an hour of singles & EPs (under three names)2018: an hour of singles, EP and comp track (under three names)2019: 90 minutes of singles, EPs and comp tracks (under four names)2020: 2 hours of singles, comp tracks, an EP and an LP (under three names) across ten months2021: 2 hours over five releases under three names in thirty calendar days
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Friday, 21 May 2021 20:54 (three years ago) link
This Matthew Dear remix includes a 3 min 50 guitar solo by Juan
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Saturday, 22 May 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
https://correspondant.bandcamp.com/album/i-want-the-night
!
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 17 October 2021 16:34 (two years ago) link
love it
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Sunday, 17 October 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
awesome
― Communist Hockey Goblin (sleeve), Sunday, 17 October 2021 19:00 (two years ago) link