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“WE’VE spent a really fun year,” Xavier de playing live for one year taught us how to
Rosnay says when we fi nally get hold of extend a three-minute song to 15 minutes,
Justice in Tokyo. “And we’re quite rested at we thought we could manage it.”
the same time so it’s all good.” It’s not their only strut into the fashion
While it hasn’t been a year of big events for world — über-hip French label Surface To
Xavier and partner in crime Gaspard Augé, Air made a small range of leather jackets
that they’ve come out of it relaxed is all and jeans based on the band’s striking
credit to them — not least as they’re in the look.
middle of a world tour for the release of “We only did those jackets because it was
their live and documentary DVD ‘A Cross the simplest way to make tailor-made
The Universe’. jackets for such weird bodies as ours,” says
Gaspard simply.
Though last year was the year of ‘†’, that
doesn’t mean Justice have kept out of the It hasn’t all been plain sailing though. The
studio. An invite from Dior Homme to year kicked off with the pair having their
produce 17 minutes of music for their leftfi eld ‘Fabriclive’ mix CD rejected by the
catwalk show lead to ‘Planisphere’, an London club.
immense piece of Wagnerian electro- “They weren’t ready for something like
grunge. this,” says Xavier of the compilation, which
“We liked the challenge of making a 17- can be found on the web under its free gift
minute track,” Xavier says, “which was title of ‘Justice Xmas Mix’.
really new for us as we’ve always made JAMES KENDALL
three or four-minute tracks. But because
First record you ever bought? Snoop Dogg ‘Doggystyle’
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? Spirits
Top gadget of 2008? iPhone
Your year in fi ve words… 2007 < 2008 < ∞
Style: Eurodisco Best known for: ‘†’ Tune of 2008: Estelle
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? We are all slaves of Babylon.
‘American Boy’ (Atlantic) Producer of 2008: Erol Alkan
DIRTY SOUTH
SERBIAN-BORN, Australia-based Dragan a mix compilation on Toolroom amongst
Roganovic is one of the hippest names in many other things.
house music. As a DJ/producer he’s known “As far as gig highlights, that would be
for never playing it safe, mixing up punky Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Pacha New
guitars, disco elements and electro York and my Ibiza residency, Sankeys in
basslines into a heady future house brew. Manchester and two crazy gigs at Ministry
And 2008’s already proven to be a fi ne of Sound in London with Pete Tong and
vintage for Dirty South, judging by his Steve Angello.
incessant touring and production
schedule. Dragan has just fi nished a new track and
“I’ve had an amazing year,” states Dragan. also a remix for a cool Australian electronic
“I’ve toured some amazing places all over band Pnau. And there’s no rest for the
the USA and Europe and everywhere else in wicked either, as Roganovic promises
between. plenty more in 2009.
“I managed to squeeze in some production “There’ll be more production, more touring
work, such as the collaboration with and I’ll also be starting my own label next
Axwell, I remixed Snoop Dogg and released year,” he reveals. BEN MURPHY
First record you ever bought? Des’ree’s ‘Life’, at some secondhand record
store.
Weirdest thing you’ve seen all year? I witnessed a bunch of guys in their 40s
trading collector stickers and cards. I did that when I was eight-years-old!
Style: House Best known for: Production, touring like crazy, doing
Top gadget of 2008? Mobile-Me. It syncs everything on my Macbook and
lots of bootlegs and sampling The Doors. Tune of 2008: Axwell &
iPhone seamlessly.
Dirty South ‘Open Your Heart’ (Axtone) Producer of 2008: Axwell,
Your year in fi ve words... My best year so far.
Ingrosso, Angello, Eric Prydz, Style Of Eye… I’ve been playing a lot of
Most important thing you’ve learned recently? To be more independent. I
their records all year.
think a lot of touring did that.
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