Justice, 'A Cross the Universe' (Atlantic)
Behind-the-scenes doc unveils nü-electro hijinks...zzzzz...
By Barry Walters 12.03.08 9:31 AM
When the tour manager unpacks a pistol from a FedEx box, there's a strong hint that the documentary of this French electro-house duo's spring 2008 American trek will end badly. And after numerous trips to shooting ranges, the Las Vegas wedding of Justice's mutton-chopped Gaspard Augé to a blurred-faced babe, and très Girls Gone Wild–like backstage footage, it does. Favoring excessive computer and crowd noise over the pair's concise hooks, the relentlessly bombastic concert CD accompanying the DVD combusts as if it were one 66-minute, fireworks-spewing finale.
What ever it takes to escape
the craziness of everyday life.
justice desreves a little credit.
However, I prefer a little more wit and dynamics
Find it hard to go home after a hard days work
and listen to this cd.
Brooklyn's Nite Club has been on my top list
this month
Their kanye west cover.
does me even more justice!
http://www.myspace.com/niteclubmusic
I definitely would have to agree, with all the chaos and confusion that seems to go on during their US tour it is somewhat surprising that they ever managed to actually write and record their music but their attitudes are certainly evident in their music. Cross is almost an audio version of Justice's day to day lives, and the A Cross The Universe DVD definitely shows that Justice's personalities match their music. Gaspard's Las Vegas marriage to a girl he never sees again is almost as quick and unexpected as some of Justice's songs on Cross, just as I mentioned on my blog, http://home.acs.sch.ae/users/CodyPincombe/ . A Cross The Universe could almost be seen as the visual version as Cross.
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