Cross
Artist(s):
Justice
Label: Downtown/Ed Banger
Publisher(s):
Downtown/Ed Banger
Studio: Downtown/Ed Banger
Manufacturer: Downtown/Ed Banger
Binding: Audio CD
MPN: 224892
List Price: $13.98
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Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Justice's monster beats, massive hooks, thunderous drums, and near-religious determination to demolish dance floors cast them in a light no contemporary can catch. The group's US debut single, "Waters Of Nazareth" arrived in 2006 and solidified their sound: huge slabs of beats, brutal strings, and cathartic release. That record sets the stage for this, their debut full-length, boasting the already ubiquitous disco pop anthem "D.A.N.C.E.", which features the best English children's choir since "Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2".
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Justice is the moniker of the Paris-based production duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay. Their approach to crazy-quilt dance-pop hybridism is infectious, if a tad off-putting here and there. The duo rose to fame due to an MP3 single and super smart video for the excellent, kiddy-chorused house-pop number "D.A.N.C.E." in 2007, and they soon thereafter signed to the suitably named label Banger. They manage to make really silly and fun music in a way that frequently comes off in a pretentious manner. It's ridiculous to name your album after a symbol, especially if it's ?. This is not meant derogatorily. Really. Justice does appear to be that rare breed of dance artist equally capable of stimulating the body and the mind, though neither Richard James nor the Basement Jaxx need fear this act. After just one listen to "Waters of Nazareth," it's very difficult to avoid wondering "how the hell did they mix and match noise and pop so beautifully" while also dancing furiously. --Mike McGonigal
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Rarely does a European DJ/dance album hit the U.S. with as full a head of steam as this one, but after the twin jabs of the singles "Never Be Alone" and "Waters of Nazareth," French duo Justice was poised and ready to follow with Cross. As a strong contender for the dance album of 2007, this 12-track debut shows Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé flexing more musical elasticity than the "dance" or "house" tags can possibly convey on their own, never mind the "French Touch" movement with which the pair is loosely and rather reductively associated. Having remixed tracks from artists as dissimilar as Britney Spears and Franz Ferdinand, the pair seems to have been building its chops for exactly this kind of resolutely defiant masterwork. From the relentless, gritty electro-bounce of opener "Genesis" and the stuttering, four-on-the-floor propulsion of "Let There Be Light," to the children's chorus of "D.A.N.C.E." and the rock-indebted "DVNO," Cross starts with a palette of house and disco beats and then throws the kitchen sink at it. The resulting amalgam boasts a tectonic range of reference without ever sacrificing de Rosnay and Augé's slavish devotion to the fine art of the party album. --Jason Kirk
Customer Reviews
even better than expected
I had downloaded a couple of justice songs and loved them after a few days for them to grow on me but Cross just blew my mind. At times the tracks sound discordant and chaotic but all of them falll into a beat eventually. Most people dont like "ttthhheee parrrtttyyy" but there is something about it that i love, just an afterthought.
Short lived good time
Although clearly going for the title next Daft Punk by exerting a highly refined, expertly produced signature sound of glowing keyboards and pulsing beats, this disc, especially in the latter half, falls short of lofty ambitions and becomes a clear-cut party disc without the benefit of it being much past that.
sounds better on vinyl
Got introduced to justice when i got introduced to the song Street Justice by MSTRKRFT. At first, i listened to their cd at hmv but i thought it sounded childish & amateurish. I forgot about it until I listened to boys noize.
I thought BN was a more professional in production & sound. After seeing BN in concert w/ mstrkrft where mstrkrft was very girly-man
house sounding, BN just powered through the crowd where 90% couldn't dance to bec they onlyknow girly-man house music. I had a blast. I think boys noize is phenomenal & it brought me to liking justice style of music.
justice, esp on their remixes, like to use distortion guitar/funk-based bass playing. Interestingly, when I listen to Chemical Bros' s songs, "in dust we trust" & "dig your own hole", i feel that I can hear justice. In addition, Chem bros' "these beats are made for breakin" & Daft Punk's "harder, faster breaker beat remix" are being recycled by Justice, boys noize, sebastiAn,surkin. It's interesting that Chem bros has lost its way & Justice is continuing their pioneering sound from their first 2 albums.
Prodigy's always outnumbered but never outgunned album is also being recycled by buzz-synth DJs which was ahead of its time.
When I first heard Justice cd, stress was my favorite track. I didn't like "dance" at all & i think mstrkrft's version is the best. Boys Noize remix of phantom totally rocks as well.
I got the album on vinyl & i think it sounds more "alive" than on CD. Songs like NewJack, let there be light, Stress & waters of nazareth totally rocks. I esp like the guy exhaling on "waters of nazareth".
When I saw their live clips, I see them trying to recreate 80s metal stage sets.
It's a copy of Basillios - but then again... it rules.
Cet album gouverne. C'est dommage la division de Basillios d'eux juste avant le relâchement de cet album. Bien que Basillios > l'album est solide... il n'a pas juste le même succès commercial comme la Justice. Il semble comme il sera le Dave Mustaine de musique électronique.
Bon Album.
The BEST!
This was one of the best electronic music albums I have ever listened, I just loved every single track in it. Definitely worth the money!
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