JUSTICE (FRENCH BAND)

'Justice' are a French electro house duo consisting of Gaspard Augé (b. 21 May 1979) and Xavier de Rosnay (b. 2 July 1982).^[1] They are the most successful group on Ed Banger Records,⁴ and are managed by the label's head, Pedro Winter. Their main trademark is a large light-up cross that shines throughout their shows. A controversial group among dance music fans,^[2] they are known for incorporating a strong rock influence into their music and image.^[3][4] Justice have released one album to date – 2007's ''†''.

Contents

History

Discography

Albums

EPs

Remixes

Other work

Music videos

References

External links

History

Justice first came to prominence through their 2003 remix of Simian's track "Never Be Alone," created for a Paris college radio station's remix contest.³ The remix resulted in the group being signed to Ed Banger (which released it) and became a hit in clubs and on the internet.³ The song was re-released in 2004 on DJ Hell's International DeeJay Gigolo Records^[5] and eventually given a commercial release in the UK in the summer of 2006, under the title "We Are Your Friends," on Ten Records, a sub-label of Virgin Records.
After the original release of "Never Be Alone", Justice worked on remixes⁵ for a number of French groups (Vicarious Bliss, Scenario Rock, Gambit) as well as for larger mainstream acts such as Britney Spears,⁵ N
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★ D,⁵ Fatboy Slim⁵ and Daft Punk.⁵ Justice's first solo single, "Waters of Nazareth", was released on Ed Banger Records in September 2005 and was championed by DJs such as Erol Alkan, Tiga, 2 Many DJ's and Ivan Smagghe. The track was re-released in 2006 with additional remixes. The duo's prolific remix work continued, as they turned in mixes for Franz Ferdinand, Mystery Jets, Soulwax and, most recently, Mr. Oizo.
Justice won the award for Best Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2006, for Justice vs. Simian - "We Are Your Friends". Auge and de Rosnay were not present at the ceremony, and the award was accepted by label art director So_Me and video director Jérémie Rozan. So_Me was famously interrupted mid-speech by American rapper Kanye West, who went onto the stage arguing that he should have won the award instead.^[6]
Justice have been confirmed to do a mix for the Fabriclive series in 2007, and their debut album, titled ''†'', was released on Ed Banger Records on June 11, 2007. The album was preceded by the ''D.A.N.C.E. EP'', released on May 28 2007, which featured the tracks "Phantom" and their own remix of "D.A.N.C.E." titled "B.E.A.T". Justice announced in a MySpace bulletin that the video for "D.A.N.C.E." had been nominated for "Video of the Year at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards.
Justice performed at the 2007 Coachella festival, the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan, the Hultsfred Festival in Hultsfred, Sweden, the Oxegen festival in Kildare, Ireland, the Vieilles Charrues Festival in Carhaix, France, the Roskilde Festival in Roskilde, Denmark, Pukkelpop, a Belgian festival in Hasselt and the Lowlands festival in The Netherlands. Justice's performance at Coachella in 2007 was their first ever live music performance per se. The band's performances before Coachella had seen them DJ using either turntables or CD mixers.
Speculation of Justice leaving Ed Banger for Universal are not true, the band has stated on a bulletin on their MySpace page.

Discography

Albums

Title	Release date	Chart positions
''†''	June 11, 2007	UK #49, Australia #61

EPs

Year	Title	B-sides	Format	Label
2003	"Never Be Alone" (Vs Simian) / "Steamulation" (Vs Gambit)	Espion - "Anything Is Possible" (Château Flight Remix), "Anything Is Possible" (Château Flight Bonus Beats)	12"	Ed Banger Records
2004	"Never Be Alone"	remix by DJ Hell	12"	International DeeJay Gigolo Records
2005	"Waters of Nazareth"	"Let There Be Light", "Carpates"	12"	Ed Banger Records
2006	"Waters of Nazareth" (Part 2)	remixes by Erol Alkan, DJ Funk and Justice feat. Feadz	12", CD	Ed Banger Records / Because Music / Vice Recordings
2006	"We Are Your Friends"UK #20	remixes by Lee Cabrera, Radio Slave & Spencer Parker, Milke and Edison	12", CD	Ten Records
2007	"Phantom"	limited edition promo, backed with 27-second preview of "D.A.N.C.E."	12"	Ed Banger Records
2007	"D.A.N.C.E."UK #48-ITA #41	"B.E.A.T, D.A.N.C.E." (Extended), "Phantom"	12"	Ed Banger Records / Because Music

Remixes

Year	Artist	Title
2003	Vicarious Bliss	"Theme from Vicarious Bliss"
2003	Gambit	"Steamulation"
2004	N ★ E ★ R ★ D	"She Wants to Move"
2004	Scenario Rock	"Skitzo Dancer"
2005	Britney Spears	"Me Against the Music"
2005	Death from Above 1979	"Blood On Our Hands"
2005	Fatboy Slim	"Don't Let the Man Get You Down"
2005	Daft Punk	"Human After All"
2005	Soulwax	"NY Excuse"
2005	Mystery Jets	"You Can't Fool Me Dennis"
2006	Franz Ferdinand	"The Fallen"
2006	Mr. Oizo	"Nazis"
2006	Justice	"Waters of Nazareth"
2007	Justin Timberlake	"LoveStoned"
2007	Justice	"D.A.N.C.E."
2007	ZZT	"Lower State of Consciousness"

Other work

The Justice track "One Minute to Midnight" was featured on the 2005 French compilation ''Toxic''.
Xavier de Rosnay worked with label-mate SebastiAn on the Ed Banger's All Stars Remix of "La La Land" by Play Paul, which was released in July 2006 and has also produced for friends/label connectees Poney Poney.

Music videos

★ Vicarious Bliss - "Theme From Vicarious Bliss (Justice remix)"

★ Justice vs. Simian - "We are Your Friends" (dir. Rozan & Schmeltz)

★ Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."(dir. Jonas & François) ^[7]

References

External links

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★ Justice on Last.fm

★ Justice: Cross at Criticulture