Thibaut Jean-Marie Michel Berland (; born October 5, 1981), known professionally as Breakbot, is a French musician, record producer and a DJ who has been signed with Ed Banger Records since May 2009.
Career Breakbot studied at Supinfocom, a computer graphics university. He co-directed the 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.
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.
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 according to MTV Pulse. The music video was nominated for "Best Budget/Independent Video – Pop, Dance, Urban" and "Best Animation in a Video" during the 2010 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"). He also contributed a song for Star Wars Headspace, a Star-Wars themed compilation album released by Disney.
In popular culture
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".
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."
Discography
Studio albums Title Album details Peak chart positions FRA BEL(WA) By Your Side Released: September 14, 2012 Label: Ed Banger, Because Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 19 160 Still Waters Released: February 5, 2016 Label: Ed Banger, Because Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming 41 —
EPs Title Album details Peak chart positions FRA Happy Rabbit EP Released: December 15, 2007 (Moshi Moshi) Released: 2008 (Timberyard Records) Label: Moshi Moshi, Timberyard Records — Baby I'm Yours Released: February 25, 2010 Label: Ed Banger, Because — Baby I'm Yours Remix EP Released: July 2, 2010 Label: Ed Banger, Because — Fantasy Released: June 17, 2011 Label: Ed Banger, Because — One Out of Two Released: June 15, 2012 Label: Ed Banger, Because 185 You Should Know (Remixes) (feat. Ruckazoid) Released: June 28, 2013 Label: Ed Banger, Because — Another You Released: September 28, 2018 Label: Ed Banger, Because — Remedy Released: March 18, 2022 Label: Ed Banger, Because— "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications AlbumFRA "Happy Rabbit" "Summerparty" 2007 — Happy Rabbit "Penelope Pitstop" 2009 — Edges - A New French Electronic Generation "Fantasy" (featuring Ruckazoid) 2011 38 By Your Side "Baby I'm Yours" (featuring Irfane) 28 RIAA: Gold "One Out of Two" (featuring Irfane) 2012 45 "Break of Dawn" 117 "You Should Know" (featuring Ruckazoid) 2013 — "Get Lost" 2015 66 Still Waters "My Toy" 2016 108 "Another You" (featuring Ruckazoid) 2018 — Another You "Be Mine Tonight" (featuring Delafleur) 2020 —
Songwriting and production credits Title Year Artist(s) Album Role(s) "Cœur" 2021 Clara Luciani Cœur Co-producer "Le reste" "Le chanteur" "Tout le monde (sauf toi)" "Respire encore" "Amour toujours" "La place" "Bandit" "I Need U Back" 2025 Fujii Kaze Prema Bass guitar, guitar, string synthesizer
Remixes Year Song Artist 2006 "Let There Be Light" Justice 2007 "Aerius Light" DatA "D.O.E.S." (Breakbot's French Pute Mix) Arrow!!! 2008 "Runway to Elsewhere" Pacific! "Hold Me" Pacific! "A Thing For Me" Metronomy "Bathroom Gurgle" Late of the Pier "What's Up Fatlip?" (Breakbot RMX) Fatlip "Sweet Sensation" ALB "Apollo-Gize" (Breakbot 'Hypnotoad' Extended Remix) Digitalism "Lion" ZZZ "They Live!" Evil Nine "Kelly" Van She "When We Were Young" Sneaky Sound System "Baby" Pnau 2009 "Extraball" Yuksek "Happy Up Here" Röyksopp "Roche" Sébastien Tellier "The Edge of a Sunday" Séverin 2010 "In My Spaceship" Jan 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 2011 "Siberian Breaks" (Ed Banger All-Stars Remix) MGMT "When the Night Falls" Chromeo "Heaven Can Wait" Charlotte Gainsbourg 2012 "When the Night (feat. Jaw)" Para One 2013 "Defiant Order" Birdy Nam Nam "Trying to Be Cool" Phoenix "Paint a Smile On Me" Black Yaya "Kiss to Kiss" The Swiss 2014 "This Song (feat. Andrew Woodhead)" Busy P 2016 "Love Invaders" Fatima Yamaha 2018 "S.H.A.K.E." Mind Enterprises "Sylvia Says" Charlotte Gainsbourg "Lightenup" Parcels 2019 "Juice" (Breakbot Mix) Lizzo "All I Know (feat. Octave Lissner)" GoldStone "Superchérie" -M- 2021 "Shake" Sam i & Alex Greenwald "Fireworks (feat. Moss Kena and The Knocks)" (Breakbot & Irfane Remix) Purple Disco Machine "Still Got It" (Breakbot's La Fiesta Remix) (Breakbot's Club des Vedettes Remix) Alex Frankel 2022 "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" (Breakbot & Irfane Extended Remix) Spiller with Sophie Ellis-Bextor "Run" Kita Alexander "Cameo" (Breakbot & Irfane Remix) Kavinsky 2025 "Do the Dance" (Breakbot & Irfane Remix) Illit 2026 "Y&I" (Breakbot Dreamix) DeepFaith "Young Hearts Run Free" Candi Staton
Features and collaborations Year Artist Song 2009 DatA "So Much In Love" 2020 Yuksek "The Only Reason" (with Irfane)"Taqa" (with Irfane) 2021 Ali Love & Nicky Night Time "Ubiquity"
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 Another Mixtape 2018 Lockdown Boogie "By Your Side" Anniversary Mixtape Breakbot - The Nova Mix
Awards and nominations
2016: Berlin Music Video Awards, nominated in the Best Performer category for '2 good 4 me' 2021: Berlin Music Video Awards, nominated in the Best Animation category for 'Be mine tonight'
Filmography 2005: Overtime (short) -- directed by Oury Atlan, Thibaut Berland and Damien Ferrie
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