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Max Justus

In just three short years Max Justus has released five albums. At that pace Max Justus releases a new record every seven months. It was just seven months ago when Max was releasing his remixes of Kanye West and just a few months before that he released Five Leaping Leopards. On his newest album No Mercy we find Max taking his mixture of electro, hip hop, and dubstep in new directions. No Mercy finds Max staying true to his previous electro sounds but also finds him experimenting with classic prog rock conventions. The album has undeniable feel that only Max could produce. No Mercy might be one of the most aggressive electro records you hear this year.

Growing up, Max heard stories of his father playing in the eighties and nineties new wave band Servant. Servant filled their animated live performances with lasers and smoke. In particular, Max’s family has had a profound impact on him as an artist. Every member of the family seems to have a different talent, which has compelled the him to create music and entertain audiences of his own. It has even inspired Max to complete every angle of production on his own albums.

Since age fifteen Max has been working on various projects in his hometown of Madison, Wisconsin when he released his first album and opening for illustrious artists Tortoise, Daniel Lanios (solo artist and producer of bands ranging from U2 to Bob Dylan), and Bob Mould of Husker Du. At nineteen he moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he now resides completing two albums, Ophelia and Talk to Strangers , which are only available digitally on Myspace. At twenty-one Max released his first record with Kansas City based label The Record Machine entitled Five Leaping Leopards to much critical sucuess. He has also completed remixes of Kanye West, C & C Music Factory, and Rainbow Arabia.

Albums :

No Mercy

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Tracklisting:
1. Zip
2. Thrash The System
3. Don’t Bury It
4. Four
5. Jamz
6. The Thrill
7. Step Down
8. Sweat
9. Grab You By The Shoes
10. Stop Complaining
11. Bending Space and Time

Five Leaping Leopards:

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Tracklisting:

1. One Alaskan Summer
2. Two Dodgy Dodges
3. Three Radiant Rubies
4. Four Tiny Troubles
5. Lip
6. Dread
7. Seven (mp3 )
8. Eight Years Old
9. Nine Tiny Tarantulas
10. Five Leaping Leopards

Remixes

8 From 808′s and Heartbreak download: Zshare

Everybody Dance Now (mp3 )

Press:

8 from 808s And Heartbreak

“Justus has cherry-picked eight tracks from Kanye West’s love-affair-with-Auto-Tune and given them complete facelifts, etching a spot (already) in our top whatever of 2009 with more than 300 days left.” – The Culture of Me

“A thoroughly classy achievement of beat natation, Justus’ remix is all at once vital, warm and lonely- like a basket of kittens left roadside.” – AM.FM.PM

“When one of the best producers of our generation drops the ball on his latest album, sometimes it’s gotta be some kid with a DIY spirit that makes it awesome.” – The Tape

“My personal opinion I’d like to proclaim – Justus, your version of Street Lights captured me from tip to toe immediately.” – The Fast Life

Five Leaping Leopards

“Offering a feeling which could normally only be felt on a drug induced DeLorean adventure through the inside of a 1980s IBM.” – The Docking Station

” This kid has something genius inside of himself that he wants to share and for fuck’s sakes, you all better listen up. Do not miss out on this kid.” – The Culture of Me

“He revels in just making beats and bleeps and throwing them out there, and there’s always a hint of softness and beauty behind the retro goodies. It’s rare that this kind of thing strikes me as emotionally generous and fun.” – Idolator

“One, he makes some of the more beautiful, often instrumental only laptop electronica we’ve heard in 5 years or so. Two, Justus has offered up his first two records, Ophelia and Talk To Strangers, for free to download off his MySpace page and he’s dropping his third record, Five Leaping Leopards, later this year. And three, anyone who seriously remixes C&C Music Factory’s “Everybody Dance Now” so well that we actually want to post it is worth their weight in gold.” – The Culture Of Me

“With backbeats steadier than the Rock of Gibraltar, synth pads glowing like sharp, glittering neon, and keystrikes coming at you like laser beams, it’s your smooth, sunglasses-at-night theme for whenever it’s just you against the naked city.” – A Limmerick Ox