Justice are not the first dance act to dip a toe into rock. A mutual appreciation society has grown up between them and Liam Howlett, who cites Augé and De Rosnay as a key influence on next year's Prodigy album. "I couldn't ignore Justice on this record," the Prodigy producer admits. "I just liked the fact that they had spun dance music around a bit, done something a bit different."

"It's kind of fun that he says that our album is a direction for him, because his album was a direction for us," says De Rosnay. "Lots of people say the music we do, and the so-called new French scene, is mainly influenced by Daft Punk, which I think is untrue. Our album was influenced by the Prodigy's Always Outnumbered Never Outgunned, and the album by Jackson and his Computer Band, a French guy who makes music out of cut-ups. If you just blend those two albums, you have what is called the New French Touch."

Howlett made Always Outnumbered ... on his laptop, using cheap software, after building an elaborate studio in his Essex mansion and failing to record anything worthwhile in it. Justice's working method for making music that will be heard on huge systems in clubs is similarly counterintuitive: the pair use a tiny iPod dock speaker as their reference monitor in the studio.

Funny how AONO is one of their main influence's

i hope it won't be shit as justice.