Gaspard Augé

Born in Besançon FrancheComté France to a family of industrial labourers Augé showed interest in fine arts from an early age His initial career was as a graphic designer under the pseudonym Gaspirator In his work Augé adopted a retrofuturist style This caught the attention of French musician Surkin for whom he designed several album covers Augés musical pursuits began with his cousin Théo Vuarnet under the name Microloisir Together they recorded their tracks at home using whatever basic equipment they had on hand including a sequencer and computer microphone Later Augé met Xavier de Rosnay with whom he formed the electronic music duo Justice The duo was quickly signed to the stillyoung music label Ed Banger Records in 2003 where they are still signed today Together Augé and de Rosnay have achieved global success with multiple world tours and two Grammy Awards 2009 2019 In 2021 Augé released his first solo album Escapades