Juan MacLean

Juan MacLean, today‘s guest on the kaput podcast is an old
companion. In the 90s he was guitarist of the highly influential
post-hardcore band Six Finger Satellite who released a string of
remarkable records on Seattle’s Sub Pop label. The band was not
always fortunate and struggled often with tragedy – but as is often
the case, when one thing recedes another takes hold; and somehow
James Murphy became the sound engineer of the band and nicknamed
his PA position: Death From Above. And when Six Finger Satellite
were history, the name stuck, with Murphy then naming his new label
imprint: DFA. It did not take long and soon Juan MacLean released
his first dance music productions. And the rest is history as they
say. Today Juan MacLean is still going strong as a DJ and producer,
but also challenging himself with a new path. Together with Ross
Ellenhorn, Dimitri Mugianis and Julie Holland he has created
Cardea, a Ketamine space in NYC, that in addition offers psilocybin
retreats in Jamaica’s, Treasure Beach. The four offer a century of
experience in the artistic, psychedelic, ceremonial, and
therapeutic worlds. Their mission is: „to offer an alternative to
the emerging co opting of psychedelic healing by the pharmaceutical
industry. We seek to honor the sacred and a rediscovery of the
sacred originality that we believe can be the basis of
transformation.“ Todays episode is moderated by Thomas Venker. He
met Juan MacLean at the end of March at 1 OR 8, a lovely small
Japanese restaurant in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Clinton Hill,
just a few days before the big DFA records birthday party. This
episode von „Talking Kaput“ is proudly presented by HAU – Hebbel am
Ufer, kaputs favorite Berlin theatre and beyond, the place to be
for theater, dance, performance, discourse, music and visual arts.