The Echo & Echoplex (Venue Partner)
Echo - 1822 Sunset Blvd
Echoplex - Enter at 1154 Glendale Blvd
213.413.8200
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the juan maclean @ echoplex
- When
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Saturday Nov 21, 2009 (8:30pm)
- Where
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- Price
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$15 advance / $17 day of show
- Links
The Juan MacLean || Listen || Watch
Interestingly, The Future Will Come occasionally reminds the listener of that other musical trend, the re-reading of the '80s. Tracks such as the deceptively simple One Day and A New Bot could easily fit onto Metronomy's album or La Roux's forthcoming debut. With sometime LCD Soundsystem cohort Nancy Whang delivering clipped, almost deadpan vocals, some tracks here bring to mind the Human League (particularly The Station), a connection cemented by MacLean claiming to have listened to Dare constantly for inspiration.
Whilst most dance acts begin to test a listener's patience by the sixth minute, MacLean seems to revel in drawing a song out, building layer upon layer and then stripping all the elements away again. Eight-minute opener The Simple Life is a case in point, a synthetic drum beat and undulating keyboard riff playing out the opening four minutes until Whang finally appears to deliver the phrase "Now You're Gone" ad infinium. It's a mesmeric, utterly addictive opener.
Elsewhere, Happy House, originally released last year, closes the album in style with 12 minutes of intricate percussion, organ stabs and a deliciously retro rave keyboard riff that would make even the greyest businessman throw shapes.
The Future Will Come is the kind of album you could listen to loudly in a club, or at home with some headphones and it would suit either. Welcome back intelligent dance music, we've missed you. - MusicOMH
with:
Paralells || Listen
@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
9pm / $15 advance, $17 day of show / 18+
