Where is Justice?

It’s been 2 very long years since French electro duo Justice released their eponymous album ‘†’, 2 years since they dropped the hammer and blew the EDM scene wide open, check that...blew music wide open.

Word spread last year that their sophomore album would be one of the marquee releases on the recently revived (and formerly legendary) Elektra imprint, which has been given a dustdown by Warner’s/Atlantic, in 2010. Fans jibbed out at the thought of them vacating the Ed Banger label family, but it seems that Elektra will be onboard for the distribution side more than anything.

News on the release has been slow since, with no date forthcoming. But 2010 will be the year that Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay return to blow our tiny minds once again. Alongside Daft Punk, who’ll also be releasing new work this year in the form of the Tron Legacy soundtrack, Justice are the most inspirational entity to emerge from electro since Kraftwerk. Here are 3 examples of how their crunching beats have transcended the aural in to the visual.

Genesis House, “Palais de Justice”

Inspired by the ‘†’ album and Justice’s motif, New York and Paris based architects PLANDA have created the Cross House, a hypothetical two story lair featuring a cinema, studio, bar and roof top pool which would perch upon the cliff edge at California's Santa Catalina Island. It’s just blueprints and dreams at the moment, but sometimes that’s all you need.

‘Stress’ Uncut

The boys describe this unbelievably violent video to their mind-bending track ‘Stress’ better than anybody could as a "clip unairable on television" for a "track unairable on the radio". This video ignited a shitstorm of protest in France and beyond, where it fingered a wound still raw from the 2005 Parisian banlieue riots. Watch it for yourself below, but be warned, it’s seriously strong stuff.

Across The Universe

This documentary, helmed by Romain Gavras and designer So-Me, follows the band on their 2008 North American Tour, through bottle attacks, mass hysteria and mucho debauchery. Check out the trailer below and have a little cry over your life not being anywhere near as cool as this shit.