Electronic, Justice, Live At The Marquee

The Marquee has hosted more acts whose heydays were in the 1970s than you could shake a gnarled stick at.

But aside from a couple of forays into hip-hop territory, there has been little to appeal to those of the clubbing fraternity.

Faithless (2007) and The Prodigy (2009) had more in common with the usual array of heritage acts as both groups’ best days were long behind them. In contrast, last night’s headliners are as current as you can get. But discophobes need not be spooked: Justice rock. The two banks of speakers that flank the stage are more Metallica than Madonna.

From their early underground successes, Parisian duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay have been winning people over with their genre-busting, dancefloor friendly and devastatingly simple tunes and have been hailed as the hottest thing to come out of France since Daft Punk. Last night’s warm-up act, influential London electro DJ and producer Erol Alkan, was an early champion.

To a portentously ecclesiastical synth, Justice take to the stage in darkness. Their neon white cross symbol lights to huge cheers but when a spotlight reveals Augé proudly brandishing an Ireland scarf, it’s a case of Thierry who?

Beginning with Genesis, Justice lay down their template of warm, fuzzy grooves, beatifying us with Civilisation and electrifying us with D.A.N.C.E. And all complimented by a elegantly chic stage and light design. Ecstatic!