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.