Quentin Dupieux aka Mr. Oizo and Gaspard Auge of Justice have collaborated to release Rubber EP– the official EP of Mr. Oizo’s upcoming film Rubber.

Quentin Dupieux derrière la caméra, Mr Oizo et Gaspard Augé à la B.O “Rubber” 3e film du réalisateur le plus libre du cinéma français, et 2e B.O à sortir chez Ed Banger Records. Pas de date de sortie connue pour le film, pareil pour cette B.O. En attendant voici un avant-goût du duo improbable Mr Oizo x Gaspard Augé Flying Lotus, responsable d’un des albums de l’année “Cosmogramma” (Warp) nous offre un remix d’une élégance incroyable.

Tracklist:
1. Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé – Rubber (Original Mix)
2. Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé – Tricycle Express
3. Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé – Polocaust
4. Mr. Oizo & Gaspard Augé – Rubber (Flying Lotus ‘Unprotected Sex’ Remix)

So, we’re back from holiday in Paris and live again! We’ve got some great footage to show you from Parisian club Le Baron, featuring Jean Nipon (Institubes Rec.) in the mix!

Some updates for all you Cool Cats in the house:

• Mr. Oizo’s soundtrack for his latest film Rubber is set to release on July 14, featuring a track with Gaspard Auge (Justice) and a Flying Lotus edit.
• The Rapture’s new album, produced by Zdar (Cassius), is set to release sometime around July.

Here’s a new entertaining short video clip by Mr. Oizo featuring Flat Beat and Pharrell Williams.

In the November 2009 issue of MixMag, Justice stated that they will be producing the soundtrack to Mr. Oizo’s latest film Rubber, before they begin working on their new album. On March 6, Mr. Oizo announced the recording of his upcoming album called 2010. We will have more information on the album later, so stay tuned.

Update: It appears this is another hoax, as a group called Pilot Priest have confirmed that it’s their track. Hopefully this bullshit should stop, and we’ll get our hands on some real Daft Punk material soon..

Last night we brought you what we thought was new Justice material. Well, tonight we got our hands on a track titled “The Crash” which appears to be from the soundtrack of the upcoming sequal to Tron, for which Daft Punk is putting together the soundtrack. Yet another one for the rumor mill, this track appears to be new production from Daft Punk (which has yet to be confirmed by french robot duo). For your listening curiosity, here it is:

• Télécharger MP3: Daft Punk - The Crash (Tron 2)

Update:  According to official sources at Ed Banger Records, Beginning Of The End is a hoax. Along with other music sites/blogs, we received this track via email from a convincing-sounding address “promo@edbangerrecords.com”…  Oddly enough, this track sounds a lot like Justice… give it a listen below.

The French electro duo Justice are making a return with the release of their upcoming single, “Beginning Of The End.” This is the first original track they’ve produced and released since Planisphere, which was originally set to be a composition for the Dior Homme runway last year. Beginning Of The End begins with with the fanfare-like sound used in a few of their remixes (namely, the remix of Klaxons’ As Above So Below), and then switches gears and delivers a healthy dosage of electro beats climaxing to the sound of the signature distorted harpsichord synth first introduced in Planisphere.

Prior to listening, I was a bit skeptical of Justice’s return to production, as it had been quite a while since they’d put something out. Their debut album † is a tough one to follow; anything following would be judged by extremely high standards. However, after a listen, it seems as though they’re on the right track, picking up from where Planisphere left off… Justice is back.. and I bet after listening to this track, I won’t be the only person to be certain of the duo’s epic return to production.

• Télécharger MP3: Justice - Beginning Of The End [FAKE] (courtesy of Ed Banger Records)

About a month ago, we checked out Be the D.A.N.C.E. exhibit. On display were 70 Justice D.A.N.C.E.-inspired t-shirts hand-painted by Simone Wicks [hmm.. that's a lot of hyphens]. If you haven’t seen them yet, the designs are awesome. She’s planning on selling these shirts, so if you’re interested we’ll have details for you soon.

CLICK IT to see the photos or check out high-res shots on our flickr.

Taken November 21st, 2009 at the 23rd Street Lofts in Los Angeles, CA.

23rd St. Lofts Presents the One Day exhibit of:
Be the D.A.N.C.E – a collection of wearable art couture.

Inspired by Justice’s music video D.A.N.C.E., Simone Wicks has hand painted 70 one of a kind pieces.

These pieces are being sold at this event so if there is one in particular you want please come early as they are one of a kind - cash only $40 - $70

Wine and Cheese will be served : ) DJs spinning, and roaming photos by Club Soda,

It’s this Saturday, November 21st, 2009 from 7PM to 10:30 at the 23rd Street Lofts in Downtown LA…. map?

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Want more info? Check the facebook event here.

We got a chance to speak to Zombie Nation Halloween night.

He was scheduled to perform at the massive Hard Haunted Mansion event in Los Angeles. We had a couple questions lined up which the curious Zombie Nation fan would find interesting, especially questions about his side project tag-team with Tiga known as ZZT. ZZT has brought us such tracks Lower State of Consciousness (which Justice has remixed), as well as the hugely popular The Worm.

One big mystery has always been history behind the ZZT name. As disappointing as it may sound, there’s no funky story behind it. ZZT is simply a combination of the first letters Z of Zombie Nation and T of Tiga. The extra Z is simply there because it sounds good, and doesn’t really stand for anything…. but we still dig the name.

Second, we asked about upcoming tracks. Tiga has been pushing for a ZZT LP sometime in the near future for the Turbo label. In the meantime though, they’ve still been working on new tracks. As a matter of fact, they have two tracks which were nearly completed last week. Around the time that this is published, Zombie Nation and Tiga should be in Montreal mastering the two new ZZT tracks.

Zombie Nation dropped the new tracks this Halloween night. The tracks are not yet completed, but the general gist of it can be seen in the video. Click it below.

Rebounding from Hard Summer Festival, Hard is back again to redeem themselves with yet another mind blowing line-up on Halloween weekend. Splitting the event into 2 nights will give everyone a healthy dosage of electronic music for 16 hours.

The event has been relocated back at the original Hard Festival location at the Shrine Auditorium in Downtown, LA.

Line-Up:

FRIDAY: DEADMAU5, 2MANYDJS, A-TRAK, THE BLOODY BEETROOTS, MIXHELL, DESTRUCTO, DON RIMINI, DANGER, HARVARD BASS, STACCATO, COLLABO, VELLO VIRKHAUS

SATURDAY: JUSTICE (DJ SET), BASEMENT JAXX (DJ SET), CROOKERS, MAJOR LAZER, MODESELEKTOR, BURAKA SOM SISTEMA, STEVE AOKI, ZOMBIE NATION, SHINICHI OSAWA, CLASSIXX, PAPARAZZI, VELLO VIRKHAUS

Check out the Hard Promo Videos to get a little tease of what you’re gonna see on Halloween.

• Download MP3: The Bloody Beetroots - Romborama (feat. All Leather) [128 kbps]

And we’re back from Hard Summer Festival. Yes, at this exact moment Tiga should technically be finishing his set. But that is not the case.

First of all, let me start with a quick (…very quick) review of the evening:
The highlight performance of the night had to have been Busy P’s kick-off set on the main stage. Even he was shocked at how huge of a turnout he had at 8PM. Crystal Castles followed with an.. uh… interesting set laced with a touch of intentional audio feedback and static. That’s when it got crazy. Douchebag raver kids started jumping off the second level into the pit. Even after countless warnings this shit continued until the fire marshall decided to boot everyone out. It wasn’t official until the special tactics unit of the LAPD made an appearance. What an evening it was indeed.

Honestly though, i have to hand it to the HARD people for putting on such a [potentially] epic event. The production and lighting (especially downstairs in the underground) was absolutely stunning. It’s so unfortunate these kids did what they did at the expense of the crowd at large. Oh well. Shit happens… Either way, we will have our photos up (at least the ones we managed to snag in the short period of time) probably tomorrow. HARD Summer photos are now up HERE.

A clip from Busy P’s blog:
I  am so sorry for what happened last night at HARD in L.A Don’t really know what went wrong, but all i know is that the amazing crowd was ready to party, so do i. I feel lucky to have been the only DJ to perform that night, i ended up my set with Beastie Boys “Fight for Your Right (To Party!)” just before Crystal Castles short live show, what a weird sign! The rest of the line up was insane, Tiga, A-Trak, Chromeo, Crookes… were all ready to rumble too.
Let’s hope L.A will get another massive event like this soon.

Don’t be discouraged. I suppose it’s not a good time to bring it up right now, but stay tuned for info about HARD Haunted Mansion as it will not disappoint. The party will go on.

A message from the good people at HARD:
We are terribly sorry. LAFD and Inglewood PD made the decision to shut down the event tonight. There are many questions to answer; rest assured you will be receiving your refunds. Please check back soon for more details. The show must go on…

Update: HARD HAUNTED MANSION Line-Up

For release immediately… LOS ANGELES — HARD Haunted Mansion lineup in Los Angeles - October 31st, 2009. ….

Justice (DJ Set), Basement Jaxx (DJ Set), Deadmau5, 2ManyDJS, Crookers, Major Lazer, A-Trak, Modeselektor, Buraka Som Sistema, Zombie Nation, Steve Aoki, Destructo, Don Rimini, Shinichi Osawa, Aeroplane, Mixhell, Classixx, Staccato,  and Paparazzi.