Before the palm trees of California, the woods of Moselle, stunted by winter. In the wooded town of Amnéville, in the heart of what was the Lorraine steel basin, nestles the Salle du Galaxie, an arena with twelve thousand seats which became, for three weeks in February and March, the exclusive residence of the Justice group and a technical team of nearly forty people. The Parisians Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé have intensively prepared their new tour, the first two concerts of which will take place on April 12 and 19, in Indio, 130 kilometers southwest of Los Angeles, among the headliners from Coachella.
This festival is undoubtedly one of the most influential (and worldly) pop events in the United States, one of the most scrutinized musical gatherings in the world. The duo formed in 2003 will play several pieces fromHyperdrama, his highly anticipated fourth album, to be released on April 26, eight years later Woman. Coachella, the two Parisians know very well. They have already been programmed there in 2007, 2008, 2012 and 2017. Event performances and indelible memories. “We gave the first concert of our lives there, enthuses Xavier de Rosnay, recalling that the duo had only played DJ sets before that. We had just finished our first album, which we weren’t sure we were capable of doing. As the concert went very well, our euphoria and relief were increased tenfold. »
In 2006, a year before, at the same place, Daft Punk gave a show that remained in the annals. Perched at the top of an impressive pyramid of lights and sounds, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, camouflaged under their robot costumes, had ignited and converted an American public and media long resistant to electro culture, even more so coming from another continent. In the book by sociologist and historian Julia Pialat, Ed Banger Records. A history of French electronic music (Séguier, 2023), Steve Aoki, one of the most famous American DJs, testifies: “When Daft Punk played Coachella, it completely changed my life. »
In 2007, it was by Justice that the American was shaken this time. “They came with their distorted sound. (…) It was as if they were shouting, “We’re going to do things our way. And our way is abrasive, noisy and dissonant. (…) We don’t want you to like us. And if you like it, so much the better!” And this philosophy changed everything for me. I said to myself: “This is my movement! This is my culture! I want to be part of it! I want to take up the torch!” »
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