Justice (band)
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Justice are a French electro duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. They are managed by Pedro Winter ("Busy P"), who also manages Daft Punk and is the head of Ed Banger Records. Justice first came to prominence through their remix of Simian's track "Never Be Alone", originally released in 2003 on Ed Banger Records and in 2004 on DJ Hell's International DeeJay Gigolo Records. The track was 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 remixes for a number of French groups (Vicarious Bliss, Scenario Rock) as well as larger mainstream acts such as Britney Spears, N*E*R*D, Fatboy Slim and Daft Punk. Justice's first solo single release came in September 2005 with Waters of Nazareth on Ed Banger Records 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, turning 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 video director So_Me.
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. [1]
Justice have been confirmed to do a mix for the Fabriclive series in 2007, and their debut album, which is to be named after their symbol, is due to be released on Ed Banger Records on June 7 2007. [2] [3] The album is preceded by the D.A.N.C.E. EP on May 28, which features the tracks "Phantom" and "B.E.A.T".
Justice are set to perform at both the 2007 Coachella festival, the Fuji Rock Festival in Niigata, Japan and the Hultsfred Festival in Hultsfred, Sweden.
On April 24th it was announced that Justice would be releasing their first album, titled "†". A complete track listing was announced including already released tracks "Waters of Nazareth", "D.A.N.C.E", "Phantom Pt. One", "Let There Be Light", and "One Minute to Midnight". [4]
Discography
Releases
| Year | Title | B-sides | Format | Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Never Be Alone / Steamulation | 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 | 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. | 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" |
| 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" |
Other work
The Justice track "One Minute to Midnight" features exclusively 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 connectee's Poney Poney.
Music videos
Music videos have been made for these tracks:
- Vicarious Bliss - "Theme From Vicarious Bliss (Justice remix)"
- Justice vs. Simian - "We are Your Friends"
- Justice - "D.A.N.C.E."