Breakbot

As if not content with movies, Blu-Ray, videogames, books, comics, and trading cards, the Star Wars universe is now officially expanding into dance music…

French producer Breakbot will be back with a second album Still Waters, which is out February 5 via Ed Banger/Because. Originally just the nom-de-funk of Thibaut Berland, Breakbot now officially includes singer Irfrane who has sung on singles like “Baby I’m Yours” and “One Out of Two…

French label Ed Banger was founded in 2003 by Pedro Winter, onetime Daft Punk manager and who records music as Busy P. It’s home to Justice, Sebastian, Cassius, Uffie, Mr Oizo, Breakbot and more…

Field Report at BV-SXSW 2012 (more by Amanda Hatfield)One business leader is prioritizing his mental health over a surging career. Joseph Kennedy, CEO of Pandora, an Internet radio site, announced Thursday that he’s stepping down, even as the company posted a 54 percent jump in revenue…

Paris resident Thibaut Berland has been making music as Breakbot for about six years, releasing a string of singles on French labels Ed Banger and Because Music, with a sound honed in on that short late ’70s period where soft rock and disco met…

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Though there may be another release of tickets, the 2nd annual electronic music cruise Holy Ship!! sold out before any acts were announced…

Radiohead @ Roseland Ballroom in 2011 (more by Bao Nguyen) Coachella which is taking place over the course of two weekends this year (April 13-15 and 20-22) revealed their 2012 lineup…

Chromeo at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2010 (more by Chris Gersbeck)This was the third year that Electric Zoo, an electronic music festival featuring world-renowned DJs, shuttled and ferried fans across the East River to Randall’s Island on Labor Day weekend to dance…

DOWNLOAD: Chromeo – “When the Night Falls” (Breakbot Remix) (MP3) Chromeo at Williamsburg Waterfront in 2010 (more by Bao Nguyen) Cut Copy‘s upcoming tour now has pre-sale tickets (username: cut, password: copy)…