ARTIST INTRODUCTIONJUSTICE are a duo from France consisting of Gaspard Michel Andre

Augé  and Xavier de Rosnay. Their music is predominantly electronic, however it also branches out into electronic dance, alternative rock and nu-disco (dance music associated with a renewed interest in 1970s and 1980s disco, Italo disco

and French House). They first produced tracks for Musclorvision’s “Hits Up to You”, a

concept compilation intended to sound like Eurovision song contest entries. However, their break came with their remix of Simian’s track “Never Be Alone” in 2003 (more commonly known as “We Are Your

Friends”)They have since worked on remixes for mainstream artists such as

Britney Spears, Fatboy Slim and Daft Punk.

INTERTEXTUAL REFERENCESJUSTICE earned the genre label of nu-disco due to their sampling of 70s and 80s disco/funk such as “Sunny” by Boney M, “I Wanna Be

Your Lover” by Prince, “You Make Me Wanna Wiggle” by The Brothers Johnson and a song by David Shire from the film soundtrack to

“Saturday Night Fever”.However, they have also sampled from a wide selection of genres – some seemingly unexpected. Their track “Newjack” from their first album includes a direct sample of an Apple sound effect named “Computer Data 03.aif”. Other samples include hooks and lyric interpolations from “Me Against The Music” by Britney Spears, a

sample from 50 Cent’s “In Da Club”, and riffs from “Baba O’Riley” by the Who and “Ice In The Sun” by Status Quo.

HOMAGE / PARODYTheir second album, “Audio, Video, Disco”, is electronic but has clearly been heavily influenced by 70s rock. JUSTICE sample The Who, Status Quo and Iggy Pop in this album – and even their album cover resembles

The Who’s cover for their 1971 album “Who’s Next”. JUSTICE’s tour documentary, A Cross The Universe, shows snippets of the duo behaving

like a true 70s rock’n’roll band which admittedly (as they say themselves in an interview with The Guardian in 2011) “cannot be taken seriously”, however their purpose of creating it was to pay homage to great rock

artists of the 70s such as those named above.In 2004 the band remixed Simian’s track “Never Be Alone” and released it under the title “We Are Your Friends”. However, James Ford of Simian was

not impressed by the remix and described it as “midi jazz”. The track is named JUSTICE vs Simian, which could represent the opposing ideas of

the collaboration of the two artists. Although it appears that the sampling of Simian’s chorus was purely homage to the band, the title implies a conflict

between them and therefore appears to parody the original artist/track.

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Audio, Video, DiscoJUSTICE

Who’s NextThe Who

BRICOLAGEGenres sampled by JUSTICE include:

- Pop- Electronic- Hip hop/rap- Soul/funk- Disco- Classical- Film music- Sound effects- R&B- Rock

The genres sampled vary greatly from each other, however when modified they mash together to create predominantly electronic music with obvious

influences from dance, disco and rock.

PERFORMANCEJUSTICE have a DJ set-up when performing live. Although they do not themselves “perform”, they are renowned for dressing their stage with

stacks of amps and using strong lighting to set the mood for their ‘hardcore electronic’ set. The lighting always represents the symbol of a cross , which

is the emblem of their band and occurs throughout their merchandise, videos, album artwork and band logo (it is also the title of their first album).

Though JUSTICE have few videos to accompany their music, those they do have all include their iconic cross. In their 2008 video for track “Stress”,

youths wearing the cross logo on their backs are filmed harassing and assaulting the public. The video received many negative comments, one being “maybe this is post-modern media criticism, but I just don't get it — what's the point of showing pointless violence?“ and others more recently emphasizing its eerie resemblance to the London riots in 2011. The band’s record label Because Music released a statement claiming the video was "a parody of the way the major television channels treat the news.“ and

JUSTICE themselves said they wished to create a video which was “unairable on television” just as the song was “unairable on radio”.

INFLUENCEJUSTICE are at the forefront of French electronic/dance music,

however they have had plenty of influence from others on the French electronic scene. These artists include: Daft Punk, Air and Cassius.Other influential artists are The Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim and

Basement Jaxx. However, it is not only electronic artists that they have taken inspiration

from/paid homage to. Particularly in their second studio album, clear rock influences can be heard and artists they have admired include

New Order, The Who, Status Quo and Iggy Pop.