Justice (Band)

Justice are the French Electro duo of Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. Their Grammy nominated debut album was released in 2007 on Ed Banger Records.

Fast Facts

1. Names: Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay
2. Origin: Paris, France
3. Years Active: 2003 – Present
4. Record Labels: Vice Records and Ed Banger Records
5. First live performance was at Coachella 2007
6. Compose their music on GarageBand
7. Managed by Pedro Winter

Background

In 2003, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay entered a remix contest for a local college radio station. The duo remixed a song titled "Never Be Alone," by the band Simian. Based on the success of the Simian remix the duo was signed to Ed Banger Records. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay continued to do remix work. The duo remixed tracks for Britney Spears, Fatboy Slim, and Daft Punk.

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Justice released their debut album,† on June 11, 2007. The album was nominated for Best Electronic/Dance Album and their song "D.A.N.C.E." was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 50th annual Grammy Awards.

Quotes

1. "The DJ side of Justice is more physical than emotional, so it goes from Donna Summer to Lil' Louis, Smith 'n' Hack to '90s rave tracks". -Gaspard Augé
2. "We mainly start with ideas. It's rare when anything comes from us just experimenting. When we started to write the album, we set certain limitations to avoid losing ourselves in something too weird or something that would have taken eight years to finish. We had a very specific idea of how we wanted the album to sound. And to make a draft of the album and then to make it allowed us to get something exactly as we imagined it". -Xavier de Rosnay

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