Justice announce new album ‘Hyperdrama’
The French electro duo Justice have announced the arrival of their fourth studio album, Hypodrama. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have also treated fans to two previewing singles in celebration.
The lead single, titled ‘One Night/All Night starring Tame Impala’, features the indie project of Kevin Parker. Discussing the track in a new press statement, the duo said: “We wanted this track to sound as if a dark/techno iteration of Justice had found a sample of a disco iteration of Kevin Parker.”
They added: “Kevin has a sense of melody that’s fascinating in the sense that he manages to write melodies that feel both simple and natural but very peculiar at the same time. This song oscillates between pure electronic music and pure disco, but you never really get the two at the same time. This very idea of switching instantly from a genre to another within a song runs through the whole record and is maybe showcased the clearest in ‘One Night/All Night’.”
“The second single, titled ‘Generator’, is more industrial and intense with an aesthetic central to Justice’s DNA as unfurled in their 2007 debut album. “To us, this one sounds like ‘Getaway’ by the Salsoul Orchestra, but with gabber and classic ’90s hardcore techno sounds,” Justice said of the track.
Adding: “Disco/funk and electronic music at large have always been core elements of the music we make as Justice. In ‘Hyperdrama’, we make them coexist, but not in a peaceful way. We like this idea of making them fight a bit for attention.”
‘One Night/All Night starring Tame Impala’ arrives complete with a music video, a transfixing dream sequence produced by Phantasm and directed by Anton Tammi. “I suggested to them that what if we dive in? What if their music video was a journey inside the cross?” Tammi says of his creation. “I dreamed of creating a piece like this. A strange and experimental object that looks like rave lighting inside human lungs and strobe light around a human heart.”
Elsewhere, it was recently announced that Justice will join the lineup for Coachella. The Californian festival takes place across two weekends in April and will host the debut of Justice’s newly developed live show.
Hyperdrama will arrive on April 26th via Ed Banger Records / Because Music. Hear the new singles below.
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