Justice - † (Ed Banger)
It was only a matter of time before someone in France did what LCD Soundsystem have been doing in New York - flip a bunch of different influences into a mutant and very modern form of dancefloor-destroying party music.
The surprise is that these two polite gentlemen from Paris were the ones to do it: they started out, almost by accident, as rent-a-day remixes of mostly rock bands and only started creating their own productions because their label boss asked them to.
However, there are three golden things that Justice understand perfectly: that pop isn't a dirty word; keeping it simple is the surest route to not fucking up; and, if you don't really know what you're doing, make it sound nasty.
Hence, they've come up with an album of superbly effective bangers that are both dark and fun, and because they're inspired by such a cross section of genres, both clubbers and rockers are claiming them as their own.
A job executed with intelligence and style.
