Controversial Justice

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Last year the amazing French electro duo Justice reached the globe with their infectiously cheery single D.A.N.C.E.
Earlier this year the disc jockeys have caused a riot with a video that seems to illustrate perfectly the limits of the Web as a platform for artistic expression. "Fuck that shit" is the first thing that comes to mind.


"Seems that once again, an electronic act is under scrutiny, oh if I had a nickel for each time this happened...This time around, the merit for observation may be well deserved as Justice have just released a video which they claim is meant to evoke emotion in the viewer. They've taken precautions in regards to the video and after nearly two weeks of silence, Augé and Rosnay sought to quell the controversy by releasing a statement defending the piece as a fusion of art and entertainment. "The film was never intended as a stigmatization of the banlieue, nor an incitation to violence, nor above all, as an underhanded way to deliver a racist message," they stated. From the beginning, they said, Stress was meant to be a "clip unairable on television" for a "track unairable on the radio," and they have "refused any television broadcast of the clip, so as to impose it on no one." According to the group's record label, Because Music, the video was conceived not "as a marketing coup" but as "a parody of the way the major television channels treat the news.""


Let's see it. Stress.