It comes as no surprise that †, the first album by Justice, is a fantastic treat for the ears and for the feet. A kind of musical opera marked with religious and baroque symbols, where the melodies are ripped to shreds by the beats, where electro teaches rock a lesson and where pop gets a botox injection. Rarely in the history of French house music has a first album lived up so well to expectancies. But the best thing about this great Justice swindle is that not only did they manage to create an immediately recognisable sound, they also dodged the pitfalls of the first album. † isn't a collection of random dancefloor singles. † doesn't accumulate 12 noisy offsprings of "Waters of Nazareth". † is never what is expected. † is like an album of compartments where the tracks spill over into others, like when the bass from "D.A.N.C.E" comes to die out on "Phantom II". † is for listening at home or in clubs. † is a link between pop at it's purest and experimental music. † brings together hardcore elements and cheese. † makes the Goths link arms with the fluo kids… And so it is. A generational manifest, ideally positioned on the side of the dancefloor, †, insolent with youth, is a testimony that the French electro scene is healthier than ever. Justice first.

Retreating to their underground post-nuclear shelter/studio, exiting only on weekends to shatter clubbers' eardrums, Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé worked on their first album as if their lives depended on it. The result has exceeded all expectations: a wonderful twelve track album which opens with "Genesis," a dark baroque beginning that introduces a mind destroying album that proves that Justice's unique talent is to be found where least expected. Take for example "Let There Be Light" and its strident angry electro driven by a jabbing bassline. "D.A.N.C.E" - nominated for MTV's VMA Video of the Year - is a sublime slice of electric disco-house accompanied by an innocent choir boy. "Newjack" is a funky parody of the opulent times of the French Touch. "Phantom I" takes over where "Waters of Nazareth" left off, drifting into "Phantom II" and its head-swirling disco violins. "Valentine" is an erotic melancholic nursery rhyme, like a tribute to Vladimir Cosma, and "The Party," a pure electro funk track, has the sexy Uffie play a cheeky Lolita. "Stress" is a hectic race that would drive the Chemical Brothers insane with jealousy. Or the finale, "One Minute to Midnight", a parallel to the "Genesis" opening, which closes the album beautifully.

Live @ Coachella 2007


"D.A.N.C.E." Video

Nominated for MTV's VMA video of the year!

Tour Dates*
Aug 17 2007 - LOWLANDS FESTIVAL, Pays -Bas
Aug 18 2007 - PUKKELPOP FESTIVAL, Belgique
Aug 19 2007 - PANTIERO FESTIVAL, Cannes
Aug 25 2007 - CREAMFIELDS FESTIVAL, Liverpool
Sep 6 2007 - KOKO, LONDON
Sep 7 2007 - PLUG, SHEFFIELD
Sep 8 2007 - ARCHES, GLASGOW
Sep 22 2007 - Parklife Melbourne, MELBOURNE
Sep 22 2007 - JUSTICE DJ SET @ ACADEMY, CAMBERRA
Sep 29 2007 - Parklife Brisbane, BRISBANE
Sep 30 2007 - Parklife Sydney, SYDNEY
Oct 1 2007 - Parklife Perth, PERTH
Oct 5 2007 - VELVET MEXICO, Col. del Valle
Oct 6 2007 - JUSTICE DJ @ DETOUR, LOS ANGELES
Oct 7 2007 - 4th and B, SAN DIEGO
Oct 9 2007 - HENRY FONDA THEATER - SOLD OUT !, LOS ANGELES
Oct 10 2007 - MEZZANINE, SAN FRANCISCO
Oct 11 2007 - HOLOCENE, PORTLAND
Oct 12 2007 - NEUMOS, SEATTLE
Oct 13 2007 - COMMODORE BALLROOM, VANCOUVER
Oct 16 2007 - FOUNDATION NIGHTCLUB, MINNEAPOLIS
Oct 17 2007 - METRO, CHICAGO
Oct 18 2007 - REPUBLIK, TORONTO
Oct 19 2007 - METROPOLIS, MONTREAL
Oct 21 2007 - STRALIGHT BALLROOM, PHILADELPHIA

*All dates are live performances unless denoted otherwise.