Dance duo Justice just crushed Coachella. 8 years between albums, 'We don't like to be too exposed'
LOS ANGELES — At peak time on the opening night of the first weekend of Coachella, atop the Outdoor Theater stage, Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay's silhouettes were unmistakable. The two members of the French electronic duo Justice hovered over a table of inscrutable-looking mixers and audio gear, the lanky Augé's curly hair and De Rosnay's angular suit cutting through the fog and panels of LED lights that bent and refracted around them.
The return of the duo — one of the most influential acts in club music since its early-aughts debut — was one of the most anticipated dance sets of the weekend. Eight years since its last proper album, it reasserted that its suave, hooky funk — upended by twitchy samples and grinding distortion
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