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Key Information
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| Artist: |
The Juan MacLean |
| Record Label: |
DFA Records |
| Genre: |
R&B |
| Subgenre: |
House |
| Release Date: |
July 12, 2005 |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Ad2003 2. Shining Skinned Friend 3. Give Me Every Thing 4. Tito's Way 5. Love Is in the Air 6. In the Afternoon 7. My Time Is Running Out 8. Crush the Liberation 9. Dance With Me |
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The Juan MacLean: The Juan MacLean (vocals, various instruments). Additional personnel: James Murphy , Nancy Whang (vocals); Jerry Fuchs, Nick Atocha (drums). One of the brightest lights in Brooklyn's dance-punk-directed DFA stable (alongside the Rapture and LCD Soundsystem), the Juan Maclean throws a layered, sophisticated, and truly impressive electro-groove party on their 2005 full-length debut. As its preceding DFA singles had indicated, the Juan Maclean exhumes the "so-square-it's-funky" computerized sound of '80s Kraftwerk, adding to it 21st century IDM, heady, Eno-esque ambience, and the driving, get-down vibe of George Clinton's P-Funk. The unique combination should push all the right buttons for fans of electronica, New Wave, and club-oriented dance music. Over nine tracks LESS THAN HUMAN encompasses Krautrock-inspired trance ("Shining Skinned Friend"), sleek Euro-pop ("My Time is Running Out"), early-'80s NYC No Wave a la Liquid Liquid ("Crush the Liberation"), and ecstatically fierce dance gro... |
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