★★★★★
2015 repress with CD added. Ed Banger's newest and brightest star Breakbot aka Thibaut Berland announces his debut album By Your Side . Having delighted dancefloors around the world with his infectious discoid funk of "Baby I'm Yours" and "Fantasy," and killer re-rubs for Justice and Metronomy , amongst others, "One Out of Two" is the first single to be taken from this multi-instrumentalist's debut -- crammed with soulful robo-disco and emotive ballads, By Your Side conjures up the ghosts of...
- www.forcedexposure.com
2015-10-13
★★★★★
Even the more cynical detractors can't deny that Ed Banger's "imperial phase"--that stretch of time during which the label's very ethos was encapsulated by, and distilled through, a series of fully formed and federative releases--was impressive. From Theme from Vicarious Bliss in 2005 to A.D.D. S.U.V. in 2010 (without even mentioning Justice's first rounds of distinctive cuts) the Parisian stable had a firm hold on the mid-'00s so-called French electro trend...
- www.residentadvisor.net
2012-11-05
★★★★★
Having built his name in recent years by turning in sterling electronic funk-led remixes for the likes of , , and , Thibaut Berland now releases his debut album under his guise. Berland wears his influences on his sleeve from the off, with the jaunty keys, funky guitar and 70s-style orchestral string stabs of Break of Dawn providing an effervescently joyful opening...
- www.bbc.co.uk
2013-04-23
★★★★★
Man, this dude's music is uplifting. If you ever want to break some bad new to someone, play this album to them first. I'm sure they'll still have a smile on their face afterwards. By Your Side is the debut album from the newest in a long line of talented French DJ/Producers making a name for themselves in the dance music world. Breakbot however, is more of a purist than his peers, as much the musical offspring of American Funk and Disco as he is of Justice and Sebatien Tellier...
- www.theaureview.com
2012-09-13
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