Video: The Juan Maclean, “Happy House”
The concept for this video is so simple and perfectly understated, much like how The Juan Maclean’s disco equation of subtle and no-frills translates to elegance on the dancefloor: LED lights hitting diagonally on white-adorned dancers, with vocalist Nancy Whang in a futuristic hijab-inspired headcloak acting as a lipsticked Uhura striking Martha Graham poses. This video could totally be installed (or performed) in the New Museum and we would not be mad. (via Audioporn)
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posted on Aug 10, 2009 in MUSIC VIDEO tags DFA, electronic/dance, Martha Graham, Nancy Whang, The Juan Maclean
Audio: The Juan Maclean Happy House Is Out And We Are Happy Office
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Did you catch that joke up there? It was awesome, right? But not as awesome as The Juan Maclean’s “Happy House” which is streaming at RCRD LBL. We wrote at length like drooly babies about how good this song was when it was on Juan’s Resident Advisor podcast, and now you can peep the entire gigantic epic mammoth gigantor big grande sprawling large shiny sheeny pretty princess of a a house song. Nancy Whang as a collective listening audience, please be on every song. Juan Maclean, please make Juan Maclean songs still. Dudes from Holy Ghost!, please feel free to collaborate more with other people like you did on this because you jam. We love love. And shit. Or whatever. You know what we mean?
Freeload: Juan Maclean Resident Advisor Podcast
- story THE FADER
Because we got sick of listening to a two minute clip from “Happy House” on Juan Maclean’s Myspace page, we downloaded the mix he made for Resident Advisor to listen to a five minute clip from it because there is little better than piano house with Nancy Whang repeatedly telling us that we are “so excellent” before she has this echoed plea to be launched into space which Juan Maclean cuts up into 3 AM hands up and sifts into the beginning of Marcus Worgull’s “Spellbound.” Now, we listened to this mix one all the way through but mostly it’s been like when you watch the Simpsons and they put Futurama on after the Simpsons and you just watch that because, hey, why not and then you realize Futurama is great, too. Mr White (who sings on “Spellbound” and has sung on some borderline corny/borderline we are crying in a Sandra Bullock movie tunes) comes so correct with the hook. If you just need a pick me up, download the mix, start at 37:14 and end at 49:53 and then watch this video of Mr White singing “Spellbound” while DJing and wonder if there is anything better.
Download: Juan Maclean Resident Advisor Podcast (requires registration)
