Breakbot

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Breakbot
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Breakbot in 2008
Background information
Birth nameThibaut Jean-Marie Michel Berland
Born (1981-10-05) October 5, 1981 (age 42)
Corbeil-Essonnes, île-de-France, France
Genres
Occupation(s)
Years active2006–present
Labels

Thibaut Jean-Marie Michel Berland (born October 5, 1981), known professionally as Breakbot, [1] [2] is a French musician, record producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009. [3]

Contents

Career

Breakbot studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university. He co-directed the short film Overtime with Oury Atlan and Damien Ferrié. [4] The short won the Ottawa International Animation Festival award for "Best Graduate Film" in 2005 and the Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart "Young Animation Award" in 2006. Thibaut Berland also prepared advertisements and videos.

In 2007, he participated in the graphic design of the spaceship present on the first album of the group Justice, Cross . Through his involvement with the design, he was introduced to Pedro Winter, founder of the label Ed Banger Records, who signed him. [5]

Breakbot is most recognized for his remixes. His reworkings of songs by artists including Röyksopp, Digitalism, and Chromeo are among his most popular. [3] The music video of "Baby I'm Yours" featuring Irfane was directed by Irina Dakeva and became a summer hit MTV Pulse, France. The music video was nominated for "Best budget pop/dance/urban video" and "Best animation in a video" during the UK Music Video Awards on October 12, 2010.

In February 2016, he released his second album, Still Waters, composed and produced with his frequent collaborator, Christopher Irfane Khan-Acito ("Irfane"). His track Star Tripper was included in Star Wars Headspace , a Star-Wars themed music album released by Disney. [6]

Breakbot at the Festival Internacional de Benicassim 2016 Breakbot 1.jpg
Breakbot at the Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2016

His 2008 remix of Pnau's song "Baby" appears in the racing video game Gran Turismo 5 . Another one of his songs, "Penelope Pitstop", also features in the game. The song "Get Lost" appears in the 2016 racing video game Forza Horizon 3 .

Breakbot's position in popular culture is influenced by the similarities between "Baby I'm Yours" and 2012 chart hit "Treasure" by Bruno Mars. "Treasure" was re-registered in ASCAP with new writing credits, which included him and Irfane Khan-Acito, due to the similarities with the former song. In May 2013, during an interview in Tiny Mix Tapes, Breakbot explained that the head of Because Music had mentioned a year before that Mars wanted to cover "Baby I'm Yours". However, as Breakbot was busy finishing his album, "it did not happen". Breakbot called "Treasure" a "rip-off" of his and Irfane's song, in spite of the fact that he was "cool with it"; he explained that he also had many influences in his music "with lots of bits taken from here and there". [2] [7]

In late 2018, his single "Baby I'm Yours" became an Internet meme commonly paired with a voice clip of Paul Bremer announcing Saddam Hussein's capture, with his famous words: "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him." [8] [9]

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
FRA
[10]
BEL
(WA)

[11]
By Your Side 19160
Still Waters
  • Released: February 5, 2016
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
41

EPs

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
FRA
[10]
Happy Rabbit EP
  • Released: 2007
Baby I'm Yours
  • Released: February 25, 2010 [12]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
Baby I'm Yours Remix EP
  • Released: July 2, 2010 [13]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
Fantasy
  • Released: June 17, 2011 [14]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
One Out of Two
  • Released: June 15, 2012 [15]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
185
You Should Know (Remixes) (feat. Ruckazoid)
  • Released: June 28, 2013 [16]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
Remedy
  • Released: March 18, 2022 [17]
  • Label: Ed Banger, Because
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
FRA
[10]
"Fantasy"
(featuring Ruckazoid) [18]
201138By Your Side
"Baby I'm Yours"
(featuring Irfane) [12]
28
"One Out of Two"
(featuring Irfane) [15]
201245
"Break of Dawn"117
"You Should Know"
(featuring Ruckazoid)
2013
"Get Lost"201566Still Waters
"My Toy"2016108
"Another You"
(featuring Ruckazoid)
2018Another You
"Be Mine Tonight"
(featuring Delafleur)
2020Non-album single
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart.

Songwriting and production credits

TitleYearArtist(s)AlbumOccupation(s)
"Cœur" [19] 2021 Clara Luciani CœurCo-producer
"Le reste" [19]
"Le chanteur" [19]
"Tout le monde (sauf toi)" [19]
"Respire encore" [19]
"Amour toujours" [19]
"La place" [19]
"Bandit" [19]

Remixes

TrackYearArtist(s)Title
"Let There Be Light"2006 Justice Breakbot Remix
"Aerius Light"2007DatA
"D.O.E.S"ARROW!!!Breakbot's French Pute Mix
"Runway to Elsewhere"2008Pacific!Breakbot Remix
"Hold Me"
"A Thing for Me" Metronomy
"Bathroom Gurgle" Late of the Pier
"What's Up Fatlip?" Fatlip Breakbot RMX
"Sweet Sensation"ALBBreakbot Remix
"Apollo-Gize" Digitalism Breakbot 'Hypnotoad' Extended Remix
"Lion"ZzzBreakbot Remix
"They Live!" Evil Nine
"Kelly" Van She
"When We Were Young" Sneaky Sound System
"Baby" Pnau
"Extraball"2009 Yuksek
"Happy Up Here" Röyksopp
"Roche" Sébastien Tellier
"The Edge of a Sunday"Séverin
"That's the Reason" The Rakes
"In My Spaceship"2010Jan Turkenburg
"So Light Is Her Footfall" Air
"Nightcall" Kavinsky
"I Think I Like U 2"Jamaica
"Without Lies" Aeroplane
"You Put a Smell On Me" Matthew Dear
"Siberian Breaks"2011 MGMT Ed Banger All-Stars Remix [upper-alpha 1]
"When the Night Falls" Chromeo Breakbot Remix
"Heaven Can Wait" Charlotte Gainsbourg
"When the Night"
(featuring Jaw)
2012 Para One
"Defiant Order"2013 Birdy Nam Nam
"Trying to Be Cool" Phoenix
"Paint a Smile On Me"Black Yaya
"Kiss to Kiss"The Swiss
"This Song" [21]
(featuring Andrew Woodhead)
2014 Busy P
"Love Invaders"2016 Fatima Yamaha
"S.H.A.K.E" [22] 2018Mind Enterprises
"Sylvia Says"Charlotte Gainsbourg
"Lightenup" [23] Parcels
"Juice"2019 Lizzo Breakbot Mix
"All I Know" [24]
(featuring Octave Lissner)
GoldStoneBreakbot Remix
"Superchérie" [25] -M-
"Fireworks" [26]
(featuring Moss Kena and The Knocks)
2021 Purple Disco Machine Breakbot & Irfane Remix
"Still Got It" [27] Alex Frankel 2 remixes: Breakbot's La Fiesta Remix and Breakbot's Club des Vedettes Remix

Features and collaborations

YearArtistSong
2009DatASo Much In Love [28]
2020 Yuksek The Only Reason [29]

Mixes

Filmography

Notes

  1. Breakbot is part of the collective Ed Banger All-Stars, alongside So Me and Busy P. Breakbot remixed a part of this remix with a total length of about 10 minutes. [20]

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