Introduction
Thibaut Jean-Marie Michel Berland (born October 5, 1981), known by his stage name Breakbot, is a French producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009.
He studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university. He co-directed one short film Overtime with Oury Atlan and Damien Ferrié. 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.
Breakbot is most recognized for his remixes. His reworkings of songs by artists including Röyksopp, Digitalism, and Chromeo are among his most popular. 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 new album, Still Waters, produced with his acolyte Irfane Khan-Acito, and his track Star Tripper was included in Star Wars Headspace, a Star-Wars themed music album released by Disney.
In popular culture
His 2008 remix of Pnau's song "Baby" appears in Gran Turismo 5, a racing video game. Also one of his songs, "Penelope Pitstop", features in the same version.
Breakbot's position in popular culture is influenced by the uncanny similarities between "Baby I'm Yours" and 2012 chart hit "Treasure" by Bruno Mars. Breakbot headed to the Twitterverse to indirectly confront Mars, having a little dig at his competitor's fans. "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.
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | BEL (WA) | ||
| By Your Side |
| 19 | 160 |
| Still Waters |
| 41 | — |
EPs
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions |
|---|---|---|
| FRA | ||
| Happy Rabbit EP |
| — |
| Baby I'm Yours |
| — |
| Baby I'm Yours Remix EP |
| — |
| Fantasy |
| — |
| One Out of Two |
| 185 |
| You Should Know (Remixes) (feat. Ruckazoid) |
| — |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA | |||
| "Baby I'm Yours" (featuring Irfane) | 2010 | 19 | By Your Side |
| "Fantasy" (featuring Ruckazoid) | 2011 | 38 | |
| "One Out of Two" (featuring Irfane) | 2012 | 45 | |
| "Break of Dawn" | 117 | ||
| "Baby I'm Yours" (Remix) | 2013 | 104 | |
| "You Should Know" (featuring Ruckazoid) | — | ||
| "Get Lost" | 2015 | 66 | Still Waters |
| "My Toy" | 2016 | 152 | |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart. | |||
Remixes
| Year | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Justice | "Let There Be Light (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2007 | DatA | "Aerius Light (Breakbot's Rework)" |
| 2007 | Arrow | "D.O.E.S (Breakbot's French Pute Mix)" |
| 2008 | Pacific! | "Runway to Elsewhere (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Pacific! | "Hold Me (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Metronomy | "A Thing For Me (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Late of the Pier | "Bathroom Gurgle (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Fatlip | "What's Up Fatlip? (Breakbot RMX)" |
| 2008 | Alb | "Sweet Sensation (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Digitalism | "Apollo-Gize (Breakbot 'Hypnotoad' Extended Remix)" |
| 2008 | ZZZ | "Lion (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Evil Nine | "They Live! (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Van She | "Kelly (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Sneaky Sound System | "When We Were Young (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2008 | Pnau | "Baby (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2009 | Yuksek | "Extraball (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2009 | Röyksopp | "Happy Up Here (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2009 | Sébastien Tellier | "Roche (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2009 | Séverin | "The Edge of a Sunday (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2009 | The Rakes | "That's the Reason (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Jan Turkenburg | "In My Spaceship (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Air | "So Light Is Her Footfall (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Kavinsky | "Nightcall (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Jamaica | "I Think I Like U 2 (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Aeroplane | "Without Lies (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2010 | Matthew Dear | "You Put a Smell On Me (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2011 | Chromeo | "When The Night Falls (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2011 | Charlotte Gainsbourg | "Heaven Can Wait (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2012 | Para One | "When The Night (feat. Jaw) (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2013 | Birdy Nam Nam | "Defiant Order (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2013 | Phoenix | "Trying To Be Cool (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2013 | Black Yaya | "Paint a Smile On Me (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2013 | The Swiss | "Kiss To Kiss (Breakbot Remix)" |
| 2014 | Busy P | "This Song (Breakbot Remix)" |
Mixes
- Breakbot Summer mix @ Le Mouv' radio 2014
- Breakbot Beatport Live
- Breakbot MixTape: October 2012
- Disco Mini Mix: Dance on Glass
- BBC In New DJ we Trust Heroes Mix
- Valentine Mixtape
- Breakbot Le Mouv' radio 2012
- Annie Mac Minimix
- TILT! Megamix
- The Lazy Sunday Selecta Mixtape
- Ed Banger, part 3 avec Breakbot | Novaplanet Mix
- Bedtime Stories
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Discographie BreakBot". Lescharts.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- "BreakBot". ultratop.be. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^ "Baby I'm Yours (feat. Outlines) by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- "Baby I'm Yours (Remix) - EP by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- "Fantasy (feat. Ruckazoid) - EP by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- ^ "One Out of Two (feat. Irfane) - EP by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- "You Should Know (feat. Ruckazoid) [Remixes] - EP by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
- "Fantasy (feat. Ruckazoid) - Single by Breakbot". iTunes. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
Filmography
- 2005: Overtime (short) -- directed by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie