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LONDON - JUSTICE

Justice were on fire at the Field Day festival this weekend. Closing their headline set with "We Are Your Friends" remixed with Klaxons' "Atlantis To Interzone", they had 10,000 East Londoners on ecstasy in ecstasy. Earlier in the day, the French duo deejayed at the Vice party on a double-decker bus parked in one corner of the field. Hyper Myspace kids dancing in the seats and aisles of the bus almost had it bouncing up off the floor. Suddenly the party had to be evacuated when the bus filled with a burning smell, reported to be the decks melting. After emerging from the smoke-filled bus, we sat down with Justice beneath a tree in Victoria Park. Only Xavier (the shorter black-haired one) speaks, while Gaspard  (the taller, curly-haired one) hangs back and smokes cigarettes.

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VICE: Get laid or get paid?
Xavier de Rosnay: What means get laid? … Ahhh … Get paid.

Give or receive?
Ummm … To give.

Hairy or hairless?
Hairless. Are you talking about pussy?

Yes.
Well, I am totally allergic to cats.

Me too! They give me asthma. But let's not talk about things you don't like. What do you love?
Um… In France there are 450 types of cheese and I love all of them. It's too hard to choose one. I really like one cheese called Trou du cul. It's small and it's round and it translates as "asshole." It actually smells more like an armpit, but it's really good.

You love ass cheese? What about festivals? Do you enjoy then?
We love festivals but they all look the same. Most European festivals look the same -- the same tents and stuff. But we just played Fuji Rock in Japan and Japan is very special place in the world.

What about festivals in the US?
We haven't been there that much, only three or four times. But we're totally looking forward to playing there. It's like The Promised Land

Did you ever go to festivals in France, before you became a festival-headling act?
We had no money to go on holidays so we just stayed in Paris. But Paris in August is amazing. There is nobody on the streets. It's totally empty.

That sounds like something out of 28 Days Later. You remix the Suspiria soundtrack on Phan†om. Are horror films a big influence?
*Xavier lights a cigarette and doesn't say anything*

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When was the last time you felt scared?
Gaspard Augé (after being silent the whole time): The last nightmare I can remember was when I was sitting in the studio and I felt this need to smash a baby's head with a drumstick.

Battering baby heads? Is that what you want to sound like?
*Gaspard lights a cigarette and doesn't say anything*

Oh. Ok. Well, go to it!

DOM TUNON

MP3: There are a whole mess of Justice remixes over at Vice Records. We're still not over the Fucked Up cover of "Stress."

Video: Justice - "D.A.N.C.E." (nominated for MTV's Best Video of the Year)

Live: See Justice on tour in the US. Click here for dates