{{Short description|New Zealand band}} {{Lead too short|date=April 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Breaks Co-Op | image = | caption = | alias = | origin = New Zealand | instrument = | genre = Electronica | occupation = | years_active = 1997–present | label = EMI | associated_acts = | current_members = Andy Lovegrove<br/>Zane Lowe<br/>Hamish Clark }}
'''Breaks Co-Op''' is a New Zealand band, formed in 1997, initially recorded with Deepgrooves Entertainment and more recently with EMI.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hamishclark.com/about-me.html|title=About Me|website=HAMISH CLARK|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref>
==Band== The band members are Andy Lovegrove, Zane Lowe, and Hamish Clark.
Lowe had collaborated with Clark when Lowe was a member of hip-hop group Urban Disturbance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.audioculture.co.nz/people/urban-disturbance|title=Urban Disturbance – AudioCulture|website=www.audioculture.co.nz|language=en|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe/biography.shtml|title=BBC – Radio 1 – Zane Lowe – Biography|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=2019-06-08}}</ref> Lowe and Clark formed Breaks Co-Op in Auckland, releasing the electronic album ''Roofers'' in 1997<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10114822|title=The beat goes on for Breaks Co-Op|last=Kara|first=Scott|date=2005-03-11|access-date=2019-06-08|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> before they both left New Zealand to travel and pursue other interests. They ended up in the UK, where Lowe became a radio DJ and TV presenter.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12180541|title=How Zane Lowe became the world's most powerful DJ|last=chris.schulz@nzherald.co.nz @chris__schulz|first=Chris Schulz|date=2019-01-05|access-date=2019-06-08|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref>
After several years hiatus, Lowe and Clark started working on new material in 2004, recruiting Andy Lovegrove from artist/producers The Away Team after hearing a vocal demo.
Released in 2005 in New Zealand, ''The Sound Inside'' was a double-platinum seller,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11191498|title=Breaks Co-Op are back to play the other side|date=2014-01-24|access-date=2019-06-08|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref> with lead single "The Otherside" the winner of Song of the Year at the New Zealand Music Awards.
The Co-op toured and relocated to the UK, where their album was released by Parlophone.
The live lineup is Lovegrove on lead vocals and guitar; Rodney Fisher on vocals, lead guitar, mandolin and percussion; Rio Hemopo on bass and vocals; Tom Atkinson on drums; and Clark on turntables, samples, and vocals.
The song "The Otherside" is featured in the Season One ''Brothers & Sisters'' episode "Valentine's Day Massacre". Also from the album, the song "The Sound Inside" is featured in the Season Seven ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' episode "Post Mortem".
The song "Transister" from the album ''Roofers'' features New Zealand musician Jordan Reyne as guest vocalist / lyricist.
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! rowspan="2" | Details ! colspan="2" |Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Certifications |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name="nzchart">{{cite web|title=BREAKS CO-OP IN NEW ZEALAND CHARTS|url=https://charts.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Breaks+Co-op|website=charts.nz|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> ! <small>UK</small><ref name="ukchart">{{cite web|title=BREAKS CO-OP|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/breaks%20co-op/|website=Official Charts Company|publisher=Official UK Charts Company|accessdate=11 September 2014}}</ref> |- | 1997 | ''Roofers'' | * Released: 12 May 1997 * Label: Deepgrooves Entertainment | align="center" | — | align="center" | — | |- | 2005 | ''The Sound Inside'' | * Released: 21 March 2005 * Label: EMI | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 55 | * NZ: 2× Platinum<ref name="teawa-certs">{{cite web|title=Gold and platinum New Zealand albums to 2013|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/interactive/42563/gold-and-platinum-new-zealand-albums-to-2013|website=Te Ara|publisher=Encyclopedia of NZ|accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref> |- | 2014 | ''Sounds Familiar'' | * Released: 31 January 2014 * Label: Parlophone | align="center" | 11 | align="center" | — | |- |colspan="6" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! rowspan="2" width="1em" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="2" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Album |- ! <small>NZ</small><ref name="nzchart"/> ! <small>UK</small><ref name="ukchart"/> |- | rowspan="2" |1997 | "Sound Advice" | align="center" | 39 | align="center" | — | rowspan="2" | ''Roofers'' |- | "Transistor" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | rowspan="2" | 2005 | "The Otherside" | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 43 | rowspan="3" | ''The Sound Inside'' |- | "Settle Down" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | 2006 | "A Place for You" | align="center" | — | align="center" | — |- | colspan="5" style="font-size:90%" align="center" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |- |}
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Category:New Zealand electronic music groups Category:Musical groups established in 1997 Category:EMI Records artists Category:Electronica music groups