Despite this being their second gramophone, something about Justice‘s victory at the 61st Grammy Awards feels a little more special.
The duo were nominated for their debut album in 2008, the seminal †, and eventually would go on to take home the hardware the following year for their inescapable remix of MGMT‘s “Electric Feel” in 2009. But at the time, electronic dance music wasn’t the global phenomenon it is today, and despite having one groundbreaking studio record already under their belts, Justice certainly hadn’t attained the iconic status they now humbly entertain. In 2019 however, things are much different.
Justice took home a well-deserved Grammy Award for their most recent LP, Woman Worldwide, a live homage to not only their third studio album, Woman, but to their entire catalog. The record was a studio emulation of their live performances in support of Woman, though it covers recreations of their biggest hits, spanning over a decade. Now, Woman Worldwide has even inspired a film project, IRIS debuting this spring at SXSW. On February 10, Justice took home the Recording Academy’s Best Dance/Electronic album designation, during “music’s biggest night,” cementing the Ed Banger duo’s legacy as one of the greatest dance acts of all time. And while many of the trailblazing pair’s electronic contemporaries have brought home Grammy Awards in the years since † first landed Gaspard Auge and Xavier De Rosnay in the mainstream line of sight, few have done so with the degree of timelessness Woman Worldwide surely commands.
Source: dancingastronaut.com
