I'm going to do something I almost promised myself I wouldnt do: Give justice yet another blog mention.
A year ago Justice played with Annie Mac in Bristol. They filled out a club with maybe 2/300 people. It was a DJ set, amazingly well done, they smashed it and left town. Then comes the summer of '07 and the release of their Cross album. It was a good album. Great? I don't know, depends on your opinion.
Anyway, yesterday they come back to Bristol. They fill Carling on a Sunday with about 2000 people. 2000 people who came to only see them play for 2 hours and paying £14 to do so.
So what the hell happened over the summer of '07! Viral growth of two electroclash icons from DJ status to mainstream Rock act, picking up an MTV music video award in the act.
It's been an impressive rise for justice leading me to a couple questions. Firstly, obviously some people will call them sellouts, however their music hasnt changed, is this the mass-popularisation of Electro music?
Secondly what are Justice? They use guitar distortion on banging electro tunes to create a sort of Rock and roll meets electro atmosphere. So are they trendie indie electro, or the emergence of a new sort of Rockstar?
Im not gonna answer those questions, that would be boring. I'm just gonna sit back and try and take in more of Justice's meteoric rise and try and work out whether they will fall off.
As for the show, pretty decent, but nowhere near as maddecent as Justice at Sonar last year, is it the location or due to the fact that they played a 2 hour 'gig' and not really a dj set?
Here's to the frenchies...
ps There is an UNbelievable number of Justice remixes - Check em out on seeqpod
A year ago Justice played with Annie Mac in Bristol. They filled out a club with maybe 2/300 people. It was a DJ set, amazingly well done, they smashed it and left town. Then comes the summer of '07 and the release of their Cross album. It was a good album. Great? I don't know, depends on your opinion.
Anyway, yesterday they come back to Bristol. They fill Carling on a Sunday with about 2000 people. 2000 people who came to only see them play for 2 hours and paying £14 to do so.
So what the hell happened over the summer of '07! Viral growth of two electroclash icons from DJ status to mainstream Rock act, picking up an MTV music video award in the act.
It's been an impressive rise for justice leading me to a couple questions. Firstly, obviously some people will call them sellouts, however their music hasnt changed, is this the mass-popularisation of Electro music?
Secondly what are Justice? They use guitar distortion on banging electro tunes to create a sort of Rock and roll meets electro atmosphere. So are they trendie indie electro, or the emergence of a new sort of Rockstar?
Im not gonna answer those questions, that would be boring. I'm just gonna sit back and try and take in more of Justice's meteoric rise and try and work out whether they will fall off.
As for the show, pretty decent, but nowhere near as maddecent as Justice at Sonar last year, is it the location or due to the fact that they played a 2 hour 'gig' and not really a dj set?
Here's to the frenchies...
ps There is an UNbelievable number of Justice remixes - Check em out on seeqpod
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