Justice

By the time Justice unleashed their ambitious, rafter-rattling, self-titled debut album in 2007, French house had reached world domination thanks to the duo's Parisian brethren Daft Punk. No doubt, the robot rockers were a major influence on Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay when they formed Justice in 2003, but so was thunderous stadium rock, sleazy electroclash, sticky funk, and abrasive nu-metal, to say the least. After building a following as crafty remixers—most notably with breakout club hit “We Are Your Friends,” a squishy electro reworking of English rock band Simian’s “Never Be Alone”—the pair of songwriters/producers dropped “D.A.N.C.E.,” a slick disco homage to Michael Jackson and the shiny pop centrepiece to the otherwise hard-hitting, distortion-fuelled Justice debut. The single and album earned them Grammy nominations and laid the foundation for even grander ambitions with 2011’s prog-inspired Audio, Video, Disco. and 2016’s vintage-hued Woman. The duo brought it all together for 2018’s remix collection Woman Worldwide, a mashed-up reimagining of Justice’s first decade of hits that highlights their tireless flair for theatrics.