Justice (band)

Justice
Xavier de Rosnay (left) and Gaspard Augé in 2007
Xavier de Rosnay (left) and Gaspard Augé in 2007
Background information
OriginParis, France
Genres
Years active2003–present
Labels
Members
Websitejustice.church

Justice is a French electronic music duo consisting of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay.[2] Justice is known for incorporating a strong rock influence into their music and image.[3][4]

The band's debut album Cross was released in June 2007 to critical acclaim.[5] The album was later nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album and came in at number 15 on Pitchfork's "Top 50 Albums of 2007"[6] and number 18 on Blender's "25 Best Albums of 2007" list.[7] It was nominated for the 2007 Shortlist Music Prize, losing out to The Reminder by Feist. The band's remix of the MGMT song "Electric Feel" won the Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical in 2009.[8]

In September 2009, it was announced that Justice would be moving to WMG/Atlantic's newly relaunched Elektra Records label. The band reportedly started to work on its second album in mid-2010. The first single entitled "Civilization" was released on 28 March 2011.[9] The band released its second album, Audio, Video, Disco, on 24 October 2011.[10] This was followed by the live album on 7 May 2013, titled Access All Arenas.[11] Justice announced their third album, Woman, through their Facebook page, and it was released on 18 November 2016. The band won a 2019 Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album for their album Woman Worldwide.[12]

  1. ^ Harding, Cortney (1 June 2009). "Cee-Lo, Justice, Little Boots Signed To Reborn Elektra Label". billboard.
  2. ^ Eric Dahan: Que justice soit fête. In: Libération, 7 June 2007, and Julian Shovlin online Archived 3 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Ed Banger: Teaching the rock kids to dance again". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  4. ^ Hermes, Will (1 July 2007). "Electronica That Rocks, à la Française". The New York Times.
  5. ^ Hoard, Christian (6 June 2007). "Breaking Artist: French DJ Duo Justice Crosses the Atlantic With Body-Rocking Debut Album". rollingstone.com. Rolling Stone.
  6. ^ "Top 50 Albums of 2007". Pitchfork.com. 24 July 2007.
  7. ^ "The 25 Best Albums of 2007". Blender Magazine. 30 December 2007. Archived from the original on 24 June 2007.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference grammy2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Official Justice Facebook page". Facebook.com. 15 March 2011.
  10. ^ "Justice Talk New Album: Audio, Video, Disco". Pitchfork.com. 9 August 2011.
  11. ^ Alea (29 April 2013). "Justice Access All Arenas live album to release May 6". Remix-nation.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013.
  12. ^ "2019 GRAMMY Awards: Complete Nominees And Winners List". Grammy Awards. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2021.