I love seeing Gaspy and Xavy bein’ a little bit sillie for once. While I like thinking of them as rockNrollers with ‘attitude’ who ‘make bangers (not mash),’ it’s good to see that they are embracing their power animals.
Gaspy & the Justices on myspace
http://www.myspace.com/etjusticepourtous
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But SRSLY yall, I learned a lot from the Busy P interview on P4K. There was a lot of name dropping, banger-referencing, and tales from a meaningful+fun youth. Here are some of my fave parts:
********WTF IS BLOG HOUSE?*******
Pitchfork: Do you think the term “nu rave” describes the music that acts like Justice, Digitalism, or Boys Noize produce well?
Busy Pedro: I think nu rave is already over. One term I really like to describe this kind of music is “hooligan disco.” A guy from French label Institubes came up with that name, and I think it fits perfectly.
****OMG I WANT HIS ALT-CELEB LIFE S0 BAD*****
Pitchfork: You’re a DJ, producer, and manager in addition to running a successful record label. Do you always know what to do first when you get in the office in the morning?
Pedro Winter: One the one hand, I have a pretty normal office day. I get to work at 10 in the morning and leave at eight or nine. I first check emails and communicate with our artists by iChat. Then I go for meetings at Because Music, which is a licensing partner for Justice.
On the other hand, my job at the moment is a bit similar to that of a taxi driver because I don’t know what will happen– there are always surprises. The other day Rick Rubin calls to say that he likes our music. Then I had to explain to Madonna why Justice doesn’t want to support her on tour. It’s crazy.
****NVR 4GET ‘WE R UR FRIENDS’ ******
Pitchfork: Did Justice’s success surprise you?
Peddy Winter: Of course! We sold 250,000 albums worldwide, almost 100,000 in France alone. There’s no other electronic dance act selling like that at the moment. It’s crazy. It’s incredible. We sold more copies of the Justice album in France than of the last Daft Punk album. This is just crazy. And I just met them at a raclette dinner that [Ed Banger's graphic designer] So-Me invited me to. I was the oldest one at the dinner, and they later told me that they were a bit impressed that I was there. At the end of the evening they asked me if they could play me a track, which was “We Are Your Friends”. I took the track, told them to come to my office the next day, and signed a contract with them. That night I had a party at the Le Pulp club in Paris. I played the track, and the club went crazy. I knew I had something special. For me this record is a generational anthem, and I think it will be something that the kids of today will still like to remember when they are 30 years old.
Note: This song will be played at my funeral.
***When did u discover myspace?***
“I discovered MySpace in 2005, maybe a little bit before it blew up. “
-Pedro Winter
NOTE: I DID NOT MAKE THAT UP. Is being on myspace before it blew up kind of like ‘knowing about the Arcade Fire when they had under 10K myspace pageviews’?
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