Early works, remixes, and Ed Banger (2003–2006) Justice first produced tracks together for Musclorvision's "Hits Up to You", a concept compilation where tracks were designed to sound like they were meant for the
Eurovision song contest. The compilation included two of their songs, and a track by Augé's alter-ego Microloisir. Justice first came to prominence through its 2003 remix of
Simian's track "Never Be Alone", created for a Paris college radio station's remix contest. and eventually given a commercial release in the UK in the summer of 2006 under the title "
We Are Your Friends" on Ten Records, a sub-label of
Virgin Records. After the original release of "We Are Your Friends", Justice worked on remixes for a number of French groups (Vicarious Bliss, Scenario Rock, and Gambit) as well as for larger mainstream acts such as
Britney Spears,
N*E*R*D,
Fatboy Slim, and
Daft Punk. Justice appeared as a
Live PA at the 2007
Parklife and festivals around Australia, the 2008
Coachella festival; the 2007 and 2008
Sónar festival in Barcelona;
Fuji Rock Festival in
Niigata, Japan; the
Hultsfred Festival in
Hultsfred, Sweden; the
Oxegen festival in
Kildare, Ireland; the
T in the Park festival in
Kinross, Scotland; the Reading and Leeds Festivals in England; the
Vieilles Charrues Festival in
Carhaix, France; the
Roskilde Festival in
Roskilde, Denmark;
Pukkelpop in Belgium, at the "I LOVE TECHNO" festival in Ghent,
Belgium;
Dour Festival in Belgium;
Rock Werchter in Belgium; the
Lowlands festival and the
Pinkpop festival in The Netherlands; at Tennents Vital in the Radio One Tent in
Belfast; at the
Phoenix Park Marquee in Dublin; and at the
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim in Spain. Justice was nominated for Best Dance Recording (for "D.A.N.C.E.") and Best Electronic/Dance Album (for
Cross) at the
50th Grammy Awards. Justice released their music video for "
Stress" on 1 May 2008. The clip features a group of youths committing acts of vandalism and harassment, wearing jackets bearing the Justice cross on the back. Accused in some quarters of racism for its stereotypical depiction of youths of African descent (
black and
North African) from Paris' socially deprived
banlieues (outer suburbs), others saw the video as a critique of the portrayal of blacks in the French media. Speaking in an interview with
The Quietus, Augé said, "We were expecting some fuss obviously, but definitely not on those topics... If people see racism in the video, it's definitely because they might have a problem with racism; because they only see black people beating up white people, which is not what happens." In a 2005 interview with
Dummy, Justice said it wanted a strong concept for each record it put out, and with this one, the duo wanted to keep people guessing. Asked in an interview whether their cross-based themes had received any negative feedback, De Rosnay said, "Eighty percent of France is Christian. My dad was a bit uncertain and thought it was bad taste, but I was like, This is what I want to do dad. It's odd because in America we have received support from Christian groups thanking us for spreading the word. We do not invert the cross and I suppose they think we look like nice guys so there has not been a problem." On 1 June 2008,
The Sun announced that Justice was chosen by
Anthony Kiedis of the
Red Hot Chili Peppers to produce the band's follow up to
Stadium Arcadium, but this was quickly corrected by Ed Banger manager
Pedro Winter, as Anthony Kiedis had only stated he was a fan of Justice, not preparing for a collaboration. In July 2008, Justice was revealed to have done a mix for the
Dior Homme Summer 2009 Fashion Show, much like Daft Punk did for
Louis Vuitton in 2007. The track, now known as
Planisphère, was released in four parts on the band's MySpace page. The four parts were officially released on streaming services in 2022, with a physical vinyl release. On 25 August 2008, the band announced via MySpace that its next major release would be a DVD documentary/concert film titled
A Cross the Universe. The announcement was also tied to an invitation for fans to email photos, images, and artwork to an address, so the received photos could be compiled for use as artwork for the release. An iconic scene in
A Cross The Universe takes place in Las Vegas, where, as a homage to US hard rock singer
Axl Rose, Gaspard marries a groupie he met three hours earlier. During a DJ tour for the release of
A Cross the Universe in November 2008, controversy arose when a photograph of Augé DJing with an unplugged
Akai Professional MPD24 surfaced. The photograph sparked accusations that Justice's live sets were faked. Augé has since said that the equipment was unplugged for only a brief moment before being reattached, and the band posted a three-photo set of the incident on their MySpace page. Justice played 2009 New Year's Eve in Chicago at the
Congress Theater to a crowd of 4,000 people. Augé was later seen at an after-party thrown in honor of the band, featuring various local DJs, artists, and photographers. In January 2009, French group Birdy Nam Nam released its album "Manual for Successful Rioting", for which Justice produced the last song on the album, "The Parachute Ending". The band's remix of
MGMT's "
Electric Feel" won a
Grammy Award for Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical in 2009. In the November 2009 issue of
Mixmag, Justice stated that it would be working on the soundtrack for Mr. Oizo's upcoming film,
Rubber, saying they had to "finish working on the soundtrack for Mr. Oizo's new film before we start recording for the new album." In April 2009, the music website Stereogum hosted a remix by the duo of
U2's song "
Get on Your Boots", the lead single from the band's most recent album
No Line on the Horizon. Their remix of
Lenny Kravitz's song "
Let Love Rule" was also featured on
Kanye West's blog. They played at the 2009 Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, as well as at the HARD Haunted Mansion in LA over the Halloween weekend.
Audio, Video, Disco (2011–2014) On 14 March 2011, the duo announced via its
Facebook page plans to release a new single entitled "
Civilization" on 4 April. It was released on
Ed Banger and
Because Records and was the first single off of its second LP. The song has also been featured as the soundtrack to a new
Adidas campaign spearheaded by French director
Romain Gavras, with whom Justice has worked in the past. On 28 March 2011, the Justice single, "Civilization" was released as a one-week iTunes exclusive, in full, as a premier for the release of the single on 4 April. On 27 May, the duo released the official music video for the single on YouTube. The video relies heavily on CGI and illustrates a world in which famous monuments (such as the
Christ the Redeemer monument in
Rio de Janeiro) are destroyed as gravity appears to be reversed. The storyline is of a herd of bison running from the falling ruins. In August 2011, the band announced that its second record,
Audio, Video, Disco, would be released 24 October 2011. Around this time label owner and manager Busy P played unreleased material from the album in his shows. On 6 September 2011, the duo released a music video for the single "
Audio, Video, Disco" via their Facebook page. The video features Xavier and Gaspard in a studio setting and details the lengthy, rock'n'roll-style recording process they experienced while making the single and album. In the clip, various instruments are seen, such as an electric guitar, a piano, and a drum kit, which serve as the quite literal symbols of the Justice progression into a more rocky, less electronic sound. Several songs from this album have been used in the second series of the Channel 4 comedy
Cardinal Burns. In March 2012, the band played the main stage at
Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. The duo played many of its hits from their debut album
Cross, as well as many of the new tracks off of
Audio, Video, Disco. In April 2012, Justice was also a headlining act at
Coachella Valley Music Festival in Indio, California. Justice headlined at Montreal's
Osheaga on 3 August 2012 and Chicago's Lollapalooza on Sunday, 5 August. Justice also played at San Francisco's
Outside Lands Music Festival on Friday, 10 August. In October 2012, the band played at
Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, Louisiana. Justice completed its world tour of the live show on 10 November 2012, playing at One Festival in Mexico City, Mexico. in June 2013 On 7 May 2013, the band released its second live album,
Access All Arenas, which was recorded at the
Arena of Nîmes in France on 19 July 2012.
Woman (2014–2018) On 22 June 2014, the band announced that they had started working on a third album. On 12 April 2016,
Because Music revealed that Justice was in the process of signing record release documents. On 18 June 2016, a new single was revealed titled "
Safe and Sound" at the
Ed Banger House Party at the
Sónar 2016 Music Festival. The track's name and its cover art were revealed through
Shazam. The track was released for download on 13 July 2016. On 13 September 2016, Justice revealed on their Facebook page that their third album would be titled
Woman. On 14 September 2016, Justice released the album's second single, titled "Randy", through their Facebook page. Shortly after, Justice announced on their Facebook page that
Woman was available for pre-order via
iTunes. On 18 November 2016,
Woman was released through
Ed Banger Records and
Because Music. on 24 February 2018 On 10 May 2018, Justice announced the release of a remix album,
Woman Worldwide, on 24 August 2018 after their performance at the
Google I/O conference in California. The album comprises new reworks of songs from their back catalog, which were initially played and reinterpreted during their live performances. On 28 September 2018, Justice announced that they would be playing their "last live show for [the] tour and for [the] decade" at the HARD Day of the Dead Festival in California via their Instagram. Gaspard Augé released his debut solo album,
Escapades, on 25 June 2021. On 18 March 2021, the duo sent a
cease and desist letter to
Justin Bieber over the album,
Justice, citing willful trademark infringement over the "cross" logo. On 15 December 2022, Justice released the fifteenth-anniversary edition of
Cross, including six new tracks between remixes and demos.
Hyperdrama (2024–present) On 12 June 2023,
Pedro Winter confirmed that Justice would release a fourth studio album in the spring of 2024. On 29 December 2023,
Madeon played an unreleased song from Justice's upcoming album on his DJ set in Nashville. On 1 January 2024, the duo uploaded a teaser of a new song on their social media handles. On 17 January 2024, Justice uploaded another teaser, a collaboration with
Tame Impala, titled "One Night/All Night". On 18 January 2024, Justice revealed through their Instagram that the album is titled
Hyperdrama. On 24 January 2024, Justice released two tracks from the album, "
One Night/All Night" (featuring
Tame Impala) and "Generator". The duo also announced that
Hyperdrama would release on 26 April. The third single, "Incognito", was released on 6 March 2024. The fourth single, "Saturnine", featuring
Miguel, was released on 20 March 2024. The album was released in
Dolby Atmos format on
Apple Music and
Tidal. Justice went on a world tour to support the album, starting with a performance at
Coachella in April 2024.
Hyperdrama was later nominated for the
67th Grammy Awards for Best Electronic/Dance Album, and the single "
Neverender" featuring
Tame Impala won the award for Best Electronic/Dance Recording. On 31 January 2025,
The Weeknd's new album
Hurry Up Tomorrow was released with "
Wake Me Up", co-produced by Justice, as its opening track. The track was teased previously in the summer on The Weeknd's social media. ==Musical style and equipment==