A late Christmas present

Yes, I know we said we weren't going to make posts until February but this exceptional news requires exceptional measures. Bear with me here...


Last September, there were some rumours about a FabricLive mix which was going to be made by Justice. Those rumours appeared to be true, an album cover was even created (see above). But weirdly enough, this mix never saw the light of day and it was replaced by a compilation mixed by Caspa & Rusko, which kind of sucked if you ask me. Recently, the true story behind Justice's Fabriclive mix was revealed by themselves in an interview with a Norwegian newspaper.

Xavier de Rosnay: "We didn't want to do just another boring mix, so we put together a selection of tunes we absolutely love, mainly weird disco tracks and French novelty acts. But Fabric turned it down. They weren't ready for something like this. Maybe we'll put the mix out ourselves. People should really hear it, they'd be surprised."

Yeah, you haven't suddenly become an illiterate retard: something that was made by Justice, the most proverbial electro artists at the moment, was rejected. Oh dear, that's kind of like when a supermodel asks you if you're up for a quicky in the bathroom of some trendy club you're at and you turn her down.

Luckily, Justice released the mix themselves and they named it "Xmas mix". And what a Christmas present this is. This may very well be one of the best mixes I have heard in a very long time and this is coming from someone who is quite sceptical at most things made by Justice. You'd expect them to pull out the ordinary nü-rave and trash electro tracks but they've made something completelely different which made me review my opinion on them.

Now as you party people know this is not an MP3 blog but when things are as good as this you just have to share the wealth, right? you can download the rejected, albeit great Fabriclive mix by Justice here


Tracklist
01 Sparks: "Tryouts for the Human Race"
02 Rondo Veneziano: "La Serenissima"
03 Goblin: "Tenebrae"
04 Daft Punk: "Ouverture"
05 Surkin: "Next of Kin"
06 Symbolone: "Love Juice"
07 Korgis: "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometimes"
08 Midnight Juggernauts: "Ending of an Era"
09 The Paradise: "In Love With You [ft. Romauld]"
10 Justice: "TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY (Acapella)"
11 Chic: "Everybody Dance"
12 Frankie Valli: "Who Loves You"
13 Das Pop: "Underground"
14 Julien Clerc: "Quand Je Joue"
15 Daniel Balavoine: "Vivre Ou Survivre"
16 Richard Sanderson: "Reality"
17 Zoot Woman: "Grey Day"
18 Fucking Champs: "Thor Is Like Immortal"
19 The Rave: "Mother"
20 Fancy: "You Never Know"
21 Frank Stallone: "Far From Over"
22 Sheila: "Misery"
23 Todd Rundgren: "International Feel"

Special thanks to Tom for putting the mix up.