Modulate

So Justice have made the transition from superstar DJs to a live act, and gave us a taster of what that’s all about at the Astoria last night.

Other than the fact that they were performing in front of a comical wall of Marshall Amps, and behind a blinding white cross, I can’t say there was too much to distinguish it from a DJ set. Except that it was a particularly good DJ set as all the tunes were by Justice!

The guys played with their ableton loops, while folks screamed and cheered as snatches of their favourite tunes appeared in the mix. My particular favourite has always been “Let There Be Light”, and that set the place off jumping early on…. but there was in truth very little letup during the whole course of the set, as banging tune followed banging tune. The crowd lapped it up, while our Gallic chums did their best to nonchalently suck on their Gitanes.

Predictably the biggest reaction was saved for ‘Never Be Alone’, a track which to be honest Simian must be a bit annoyed about since Justice seem to have adopted it as their own. The only downside to a scintilating set was a rather pointless encore, during which they briefly reprised a few of the tracks they’d played earlier. I got the sense that the crowd kind of switched from screaming for more to checking their watches for the last train. They say that the first rule of showbiz is to leave them wanting more, and I think maybe they should have adhered to that & stopped on the last fart of “Waters of Nazareth”. Up till then though it really was great, and it was impossible to stop yourself from D.A.N.C.I.N.G.

So for today’s Justice fix, here’s a copy of their Essential Mix from the weekend. It’s 2 hours long & i’ve not made it the whole way through, but it’s superb so far. They throw plenty of older tracks into the mix, which is something I wholeheartedly approve of. Plus the hard sounds are broken up with some great poppier moments. I would like more ‘blog house’ djs to drop Gilbert O’Sullivan tracks please.

This is on Megaupload, so let me know if you have trouble downloading it and i’ll stick it up on my server. The tracklisting is at the end of this post.

JUSTICE - ESSENTIAL MIX 11/06/07

ACE COMPETITION ALERT!!!!

London seems finally to be waking up to the fact that Daft Punk are landing their spaceship in Hyde Park on Saturday night…. sure to be one of the most memorable gigs of the summer. I’m sure you know the score: Daft Punk; LCD Soundsystem; Klaxons; New Young Pony Club; Plan B; Simian Mobile Disco; CSS; Metronomy and so on and so on.

Well the big news is that Modular records are organising the bash & they’ve given me two tickets to give away as prizes. Nice! Two runners up will get a ‘Modular Goodie Bag’. I’ve no idea what that is so don’t shout at me if it’s crap! If it is just a bag, at least you can look fashionable carrying your groceries back from Sainsbury’s.

So as this is a pretty decent prize, i’ve decided to try & sort the robots from the cyborgs with THREE (count ‘em) reasonably tough questions. If you want to enter, the rules are as follows.

• You have until midnight on Wednesday to send the three correct answers to james at headphonesex.co.uk
• You have to be able to make it to Hyde Park on Saturday
• That’s about it
  

So, without further ado….

THE QUESTIONS!!

1: Which British groop’s label put out the first record by Thomas & Guy-Manuel?
2: What was the name of Guy-Manuel’s now defunct record label?
3: Which cheesemonger, responsible for some of the worst records of the last couple of years, stole one of Thomas Bangalter’s tracks for his surprisingly good debut album?

You have 24 hours.

If you just can’t stop dancing, Modular are also organising the after-the-hyde-park-party at Canvas once the outdoor shenanigans are over. Whether or not you’re Daft Punking it looks like a good crack…

Justice Tracklisting:
Earth Wind And Fire ‘In The Stone’
Janet Jackson ‘What Have You Done For Me Lately’
Prince ‘Earthquake’
Dmx Crew ‘Unknown’
Daft Punk :’Musique’
Busy P ‘Rainbow Man’
France Gall ‘Musique’
Justice ‘Valentine’
Alan Braxe ‘In Love With You’
M83 ‘Run Into Flowers (Jackson Remix)’
Les Rythmes Digitales ‘Sometimes’
I Robot ‘Spacer Frau (Boys Noize Remix)’
Hall And Oates ‘Private Eyes’
Chromeo ‘Tenderoni’
Tepr ‘Minuit Jacuzzi (Data Remix)
Chic ‘Everybody Dance’
Midnight Juggernauts ‘Shadows’
Goose ‘Bring It On’
The Proxy ‘Destroy’
Zongamin ‘Double Dostiev’
Zombie Nation ‘Tape Me’
Boule Noire ‘Super Lady’
Chemical Brothers ‘It Doesn’t Matter’
Tc Crew ‘Unknown’
Surkin ‘Unknown’
Dj Mehdi ‘Lucky Boy (Surkin Remix)’
Vamp ‘Outlander’
Fields ‘Unknown (Sebastian Remix)’
Feadz ‘Sekstyle’
Jamelia ‘Something About You (Mr Oizo Remix)’
Jesse Velez ‘Fire’
Justice ‘D.A.N.C.E’.(Live Version)
Surkin ‘Radio Fireworks’
Soundhack ‘Freakin’
Justice ‘Stress’
Zzt ‘Lower States’
Justice ‘Stress’
Scenario Rock ‘Both Gotta Move On’
Vanessa Paradis ‘Be My Baby’
The Ronettes ‘Be My Baby’
Breakbot ‘Happy Rabbit’
Jacques Dutronc ‘Les Cactus’
Justice ‘Dvno’
Kavinsky ‘Testarossa Autodrive’
LFO ‘Freak’
Mr Oizo ‘Lotus Suite Koln’
Autorepeat ‘Most Keys Are Auto Repeat’ (Soundhack)
Midnight Juggernauts ‘Into The Galaxy’
Buggles ‘Elstree’
Das Pop ‘Underground’
Gilbert O Sullivan ‘Alone Again (Naturally)’
Human League ‘Things That Dreams Are Made Of’
Savas Pascalidis ‘Defend It’
Rainbow Brothers ‘Unknown’
Chromeo ‘Ah Oui Comme Ca’
Leonard De Leonard ‘Leonizer’
Ian Pooley ‘Chord Memory –(Daft Punk Mix)’
Human League ‘Don’t You Want Me’
The Prodigy ‘Girls’
Klaxons ‘Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)’
Paraone ‘Liege’
Daniel Balavoine ‘Vivre Ou Survivre’
Miss Kittin ‘Requiem For A Hit (Gegm Remix)’
Mr Oizo ‘Stunt’
Handycap ‘Murphy’
The Rave ‘Mother’
Fancy ‘Inside Of You’
Syreeta Wright ‘Sweet As Candy’
Modest Mussorgsky ‘Night On A Bald Mountain’
Joni Mitchell ‘California’