Sure, DFA was the thing for awhile, but now "Losing My Edge" is just kind of true. Time to move on from James Murphy: time to go to Paris. Following the widespread club success of its "Never Be Alone" EP, this French DJ duo has dropped mixes for Daft, Fatboy, and even Franz Ferdinand. The group's new "Waters of Nazareth" EP pops with hipster-tastic techno fire.
JUSTICE the twentysomething boy duo from North Paris, formed in 2003. Gaspard Aug (aka The Moustache) and Xavier de Rosnay (aka The China) met at a party in a packed kitchen where Gaspard was spitting beer in girl's hair. They soon became Justice, had badges made with their logo on, and decided to record some tracks together. Their first collaboration paid tribute to The Buggles
THE CHEESE AND DELICATESSEN INCIDENT At a raclette party, Xavier and Gaspard met the infamous Pedro Winter. After sharing some red wine, ham and pickles with the boys, Pedro fell in love with their bedroom-recorded Simian's "Never Be Alone" remix. The track was actually intended for a remix comp but headed directly to Pedro's office instead. Catchy as anything, Justice's "Never Be Alone"loops the screaming chorus vocals from the original Simian song and builds up to a stunning club anthem.
NEVER BE ALONE Pedro's label, Ed Banger Records put out an EP Rocking the DJ charts, "Never Be Alone" became a hit, championed by Erol Alkan, Tiga, 2 Many DJ's, Ivan Smagghe, Mark Moore, Arthur Baker, Miss Kittin, etc, and made waves through European clubs. Kids have been seen chanting the whole track while dancing to it, knowing every break and bass line by heart In 2004, International Deejay Gigolos legend DJ Hell's label - put out the EP again, featuring a remix by Hell himself. They then began to burn dance floors internationally starting riots around Europe in Munich, Berlin, Barcelona, Milan, Roma, Vienna, Brussels, London and the greatest Paris clubs, picking from Prince to Robert Armani, Beastie Boys to LFO.
Following its first successful EP, Justice has been asked to nail down remixes for N*E*R*D*, VICARIOUS BLISS, SCENARIO ROCK, post-hardcore phenoms DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979, FATBOY SLIM, SOULWAX, MYSTERY JETS, DAFT PUNK, BRITNEY SPEARS, FRANZ FERDINAND... Although working for very different artists, Justice finds every time a way of making girls and boys dance frantically, with a discreet tear in the eye (because of the keyboards chords) while raising their fists (well, because of everything else).
SO BE IT End 2005: Justice is about to put out its second EP, namely Waters of Nazareth, featuring the ground breaking title song, the harmonically ambitious yet extremely catchy Let There Be Light and the up-tempo Dancing Vampire-like Carpates. The EP is already a fav, played by Laurent Garnier, Trevor Jackson, Tiefschwarz, James Holden, Andrew Weatherhall, Optimo, Benny Benassi (!) and such. The boys are working on their first LP. Let?s hope Metallica's motto will reign soon: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL