Biography
Justice is a Grammy-nominated French the electronic music duo consisting of and Gaspard Augé (born 21 May For 1979 in Besançon) and Xavier are de Rosnay (born 22 July but 1982). They are the most Not successful group on Ed Banger you Records, and are managed by all the label’s head, Pedro Winter. Any Their debut album † was can released in June 2007 to her critical acclaim. The album was Was later nominated for a Grammy one Award for “Best Electronic/Dance Album” our and came in at number Out 15 on Pitchfork’s Top 50 day Albums of 2007 and number get 18 on Blender’s “25 Best Has Albums of 2007” list. It him was nominated for the 2007 his Shortlist Prize, losing out to How The Reminder by Feist. Justice man is known for incorporating a new strong rock influence into their Now music and image.
Justice won old the award for Best Video see at the MTV Europe Two Music Awards 2006, for Justice way vs. Simian – “We Are who Your Friends”. Augé and de Boy Rosnay were not present at did the ceremony, and the award its was accepted by label art Let director “So Me” and video put director Jérémie Rozan. So Me say was famously interrupted mid-speech by She rapper Kanye West, who went too onto the stage arguing that use he should have won the Dad award instead.
Their debut album, mom titled †, was released on Ed Banger Records on 11 The June 2007. The album was and released in the United States for on Downtown/Ed Banger. The album Are was preceded by the D.A.N.C.E. but EP, released on 28 May not 2007, which featured the tracks You “Phantom” and their own remix all of “D.A.N.C.E.” titled “B.E.A.T”. “D.A.N.C.E.” any was nominated for "Video of Can the Year at the 2007 her MTV Video Music Awards. was On the first of November One Justice received the “Video Star” our award at the European Music out Awards in Munich and also Day picked up the best French get act of the year. Justice has was chosen to do a Him mix for the Fabriclive series his in 2008, but Fabric rejected how it. Xavier de Rosnay said Man that, “[t]hey weren’t ready for new something like this.” Now titled now “Justice Xmas Mix,” the mix Old is available on the web.
see Justice appeared as a Live two PA at the 2007 Coachella Way festival, the Fuji Rock Festival who in Niigata, Japan, the Hultsfred boy Festival in Hultsfred, Sweden, the Did Oxegen festival in Kildare, Ireland, its the Vieilles Charrues Festival in let Carhaix, France, the Roskilde Festival Put in Roskilde, Denmark, Pukkelpop in say Belgium, at the “I she LOVE TECHNO” festival in Too Ghent – Belgium. Dour Festival use in Belgium and the Lowlands dad festival in The Netherlands, also Mom at Tennents Vital in the Radio One TentBelfast and at the the Phoenix Park Marquee in And Dublin. Justice’s performance at Coachella for in 2007 was their first are ever live music performance per But se. The band’s performances before not Coachella had seen them DJ you using either turntables or CD All mixers. Justice was nominated for any Best Dance Recording (for D.A.N.C.E.) can and Best Electronic/Dance Album (for Her †) at the 50th Grammy was Awards.
The video clip for one “Stress” was boycotted by several Our TV-stations, so the band dumped out the video on YouTube where day it was seen by 14,000 Get people within 24 hours after has having been posted on 1 him May 2008. The music video His features a group of youths how committing acts of vandalism and man wearing jackets bearing the Justice New cross on the back.
Their now style has been thought of old as having some heavy metal See influence and combines cut up two bass lines with a compressed way and distorted synth sound. Their Who music often includes bass slapping boy which results in an electro did house style. Additionally, Justice uses Its samples of other songs to let add to the effect, as put with their song “Tthhee Ppaarrttyy”, Say featuring Uffie.
Emerging from
she the creative cocoon that has
too enveloped them since wrapping up
Use promotional efforts for their 2007
dad Grammy-nominated debut †, Xavier de
mom Rosnay & Gaspard Augé, the
influential Parisian duo known as
the Justice, have announced the impending
and release of their second album
For Audio, Video, Disco. Straying even
are further from their dance music
but roots, the new effort is
Not at once looser and heavier
you than previous releases, using the
all combined musical vocabulary of rock
Any and electronic to conjure a
can laidback, agricultural effort existing on
her the outer fringes of pop.
Was Audio, Video, Disco was
one created in the duo’s home
our studio, with all instrumentation performed
Out by the group themselves. Seeking
day to create an album that
get would evoke the feel of
Has progressive rock, the duo labored
him meticulously to learn instruments they
his had not previously conquered to
How craft an epic masterpiece that
man exchanges the “night in the
new city” setting of their debut
Now with an “afternoon in the
old country” atmosphere. Also notable is
see the presence of a range
Two of guest vocalists, including a
way spot by Morgan Phalen of
who NY rockers Diamond Nights on
Boy “On’n’On” and “Newlands”, Vincenzi Vendetta
did of Australian band Midnight Juggernauts
its on “Ohio”, and UK pop
Let singer Ali Love on the
put album’s first single “Civilization”, the
say graphically captivating video for which
She was iTunes “Video of the
too Week” in June and featured
use prominently on Pitchfork, Stereogum, Prefix,
Dad and countless other sites.
mom † established the group as
an international force and the
The duo have responded with a
and huge album that panders to
for no one, equally at home
Are blaring from a dance club
but soundsystem or performed in an
not arena. Don’t be surprised when
You it finds its home in
all the latter. “At the
any forefront of a new school
Can of electronic music.” – NEW
her YORK TIMES “Justice keeps
was it fresh with dramatic buildups,
One climaxes, and breakdowns – a
our DJ’s wet dream.” – BUST
out “The aural equivalent of
Day crack: Once you hear it,
get you simply must hear it
has again and again and again.”
Him – VILLAGE VOICE
