Parisian electro duo Justice absolutely tore it up at Sonar last night along side Tunisian born hip-hop/electro wizard DJ Mehdi. In tow was their full stage setup, complete with glowing cross surrounded by 6 Marshall stacks. The setup rocks, but still doesn’t quite reach the sheer awesomeness of Daft Punk’s pyramid.
Kicking off with Genesis, they played pretty much all of their tracks, including D.A.N.C.E., Phantom, Let There Be Light, The Party, Waters of Nazareth, and 3 different remixes of We Are Your Friends.
As incredible as Justice was, it was Mehdi who stole the show. Talk about a high energy DJ…when he wasn’t mixing the next track in, he was out in front of the turntables dancing, pumping up the crowd. He spun everything, from house to hip-hop to electro to rock to baltimore club to tracks that I couldn’t even begin to classify. Reminded me more of the old days than any DJ I’ve heard recently. Really good stuff…I’m going to make an effort to catch him again next time he comes through.
