I saw Justice last time they were here and it was absolutely amazing.. but there was a more personal feel in the air. The North American Ed Banger Records Tour was on March 25th (this year) at the Caprice in downtown Van, there was probably 300 - 400 people there. If you were there, you would've heard Justice, Sebastian, DJ MEHDI & Busy P (Pedro Winters), cause they were tagging.. all night.Gaspard Augé & Xavier de Rosnay of Justice came back to Vancouver on Oct. 13th with The Midnight Juggernauts & Dj MEHDI. Being the most "blogged artist" in history is just one of the things that has helped the two electro rock stars blow up massively over the last 7 months. This time, it was unreal. Huge, white glowing cross, flashing to the music and lighting up a dancefloor of 1500+ people that were losing their minds. They played their incredible new album 'Cross', front to back, randomly throwing in a couple new remixes and just completely tweaking and distorting their entire set. Amazing.
The Midnight Juggernauts were the best indie dance/live band act I've seen to date. If I had the money, I would follow them around their North American tour and become a crazed fanatic. Three extremely, multi talented guys, best explained as.."Like The Rapture with John Carpenter on keys, their pummelling space-disco is the perfect bridge between Bloc Party's indie elegies and a synapse-shredding Justice DJ set" - NME.
Dj MEHDI in my opinion, stole the show, but I heart MEHDI so that's another story. Being pretty much the 'Ringleader' of Ed Banger Records, he's the most entertaining person to watch play and he's incredibly talented. His style can be described as hard banging glitch electro meets crunchy party hip hop. It's kinda hard to explain what he's like live, but to give you an idea, there's a video enclosed of MEHDI playing at the Justice show from the 13th (courtesy of my friend Justin) and here's a picture of him freaking out at the Caprice.. Priceless.Below is a remix of MEHDI's 'Signature' by half of Daft Punk's (Thomas Bangalter), The Midnight Juggernaut's amazing remix of Dragonette's 'I Get Around' and the most recent remix by Justice, which will slam your face into the ground.. in a good way. Again, if you like them, go buy the mp3's at Beatport or buy the vinyl at Juno Records. Enjoy!
Dj MEHDI - Signature (Thomas Bangalter remix)
Dragonette - I Get Around (Midnight Juggernauts remix)
ZZT - Lower State of Consciousness (Justice remix)
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