Picard Brothers are a duo of producers, songwriters and DJs composed by Maxime Picard and Clément Picard. The two French brothers have worked on records by Diplo, Mark Ronson, Silk City, Beyoncé, Madonna and many others throughout their career.[1][2] They won a Grammy Award in 2019 for Best Dance Recording for their contribution to "Electricity" by Silk City and Dua Lipa.[3]
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| Origin | Paris, France |
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| Years active | 2011–present |
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They also release their own artist project under the name Picard Brothers.
Career
editPicard Brothers started their music career at an early age and produced beats for French rappers.
In 2011, they met and started working closely with Diplo, became part of his core production crew. They quickly signed their first Platinum certified song[4] "It Won't Stop" by Sevyn Streeter and Chris Brown[5]
Working between Paris and Los Angeles, they have been involved in many Diplo and Major Lazer releases such as "Powerful" with Ellie Goulding and Tarrus Riley,[6] "Look Back" with DRAM.
In 2018, they met Mark Ronson and helped in the creation of Silk City: they co-signed the Grammy winning hit "Electricity" amongst the other singles. They continued working with Mark Ronson and co-wrote and co-produced his latest album Late Night Feelings[7][2] including the single "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart" with Miley Cyrus.[8]
The duo also wrote and produced for other artists like Beyoncé,[9] Kehlani, Miley Cyrus, Yebba, Wizkid, Mr Eazi and more.
Picard Brothers released their artist project in 2020 with the single "Won't Let Go", remixed by House legend Todd Edwards. They are now working on their debut album.
Discography
editSongwriting and production credits
edit| Title | Year | Artist(s) | Album | Credit |
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| "I'm Just Ken" | 2023 | Ryan Gosling | Barbie The Album | Additional production |
| "Dance The Night" | Dua Lipa | Producers | ||
| "Use Me (Brutal Hearts)" | Diplo, Dove Cameron, Sturgill Simpson | Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2 - Swamp Savant | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Sad in the Summer" | Diplo, Lily Rose | Co-writers / Producers | ||
| "Never Die" | Diplo, Morgan Wade | Co-writers / Producers | ||
| "Lonely Long" | Diplo, Parker McCollum | Co-writers / Producers | ||
| "Supernova" | Aluna, Kaleena Zanders | MYCELiUM | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Tupelo Shuffle" | 2022 | Swae Lee, Diplo | ELVIS (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Co-writers / Producers |
| "Too Much" | Mark Ronson, Lucky Daye | Non-album single | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "One Life" | 2021 | Mark Ronson, Diana Gordon, Jonsi | Watch the Sound With Mark Ronson | Co-writers / Producers |
| "Love Came Down" | Yebba | Dawn | Co-producers | |
| "Boomerang" | Yebba | Co-producers | ||
| "New Love" | Silk City, Ellie Goulding | Non-album single | Co-writers / Producers[10] | |
| "Easy" | 2020 | Troye Sivan, Kacey Musgraves, Mark Ronson | Non-album single | Co-producers[11] |
| "Bad Karma" | Miley Cyrus | Plastic Hearts | Co-producers | |
| "Rollercoaster" | 2019 | Audien, Liam O'Donnell | Escapism | Co-writers |
| "Already" | Beyonce, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer | The Lion King: The Gift | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Fly" | Lucky Daye | Spies In Disguise Soundtrack | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Where Do You Go" | Yebba | Non-album single | Producers | |
| "Nothing Breaks Like A Heart" | Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus | Late Night Feelings | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Don't Leave Me Lonely" | Mark Ronson, Yebba | |||
| "Pieces Of Us" | Mark Ronson, King Princess | |||
| "Late Night Feelings" | Mark Ronson, Lykke Li | |||
| "Late Night Prelude" | Mark Ronson | |||
| "2AM" | Mark Ronson, Lykke Li | |||
| "Spinning" | Mark Ronson, Ilsey | |||
| "True Blue" | Mark Ronson, Angel Olsen | Producers | ||
| "Why Hide" | Mark Ronson, Diana Gordon | |||
| "Give Dem" | Diplo, Kah-Lo, Blond:ish | Non-album single | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Future" | Madonna, Quavo | Madame X | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Boom Bye Bye" | Diplo, Niska | Europa (EP) | Co-writers / Producers[12] | |
| "Fuego" | MHD | 19 | Co-writers / Producers[13] | |
| "1by1" | Rudimental, Raye, Maleek Berry | Toast to Our Differences | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Electricity" | 2018 | Silk City, Dua Lipa | Non-album single | Co-writers / Producers |
| "Only Can Get Better"[14] | Silk City, Daniel Merriweather | Non-album single | ||
| "Loud" | Silk City, GoldLink, Desiigner | Non-album single | ||
| "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" | Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson | Non-album single | Co-producers | |
| "Loyal" | Major Lazer, Kizz Daniel, Kranium | Africa Is The Future | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Orkant/Balane Pon It" | Major Lazer, Babes Wodumo, Taranchyla | |||
| "All My Life" | Major Lazer, Burna Boy | |||
| "Blow That Smoke" | Major Lazer, Tove Lo | |||
| "Open & Close" | Mr Eazi, Diplo | Life is Easy, Vol.2 - Lagos to London | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Color Blind" | Diplo, Lil Xan | California (EP) | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Look Back" | Diplo, DRAM | |||
| "Live It Up" | Nicky Jam, Will Smith, Era Istrefi | Official Song 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia | Co-writers / Producers[15] | |
| "Naughty Ride" | 2017 | Wizkid, Major Lazer | Sounds From The Other Side | Co-writers / Producers[16] |
| "My Love" | Wale, Major Lazer, Dua Lipa | SHINE | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Too Much" | Kehlani | SweetSexySavage | Co-writers / Producers[17] | |
| "I Can"[18] | Chronixx | Chronology | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Loneliness" | Producers | |||
| "Charbonne" | Kekra | Vréel 3[19] | Co-writers / Producers | |
| "Tout Seul" | ||||
| "Pas Millionné" | ||||
| "Tiekson" | ||||
| "Capuché" | ||||
| "9 Milli" | Vréel 2[20] | |||
| "Jsuis là pour..." | ||||
| "Burning Bridges" | 2016 | Patrice | Life's Blood | Co-writers / Producers[21] |
| "Powerful" | 2015 | Major Lazer, Ellie Goulding, Tarrus Riley | Peace Is The Mission | Co-writers / Producers |
| "Sweet Talker" | 2014 | Jessie J | Sweet Talker | Co-writers / Producers[22] |
| "It Won't Stop" | 2013 | Sevyn Streeter, Chris Brown | Call Me Crazy, But... | Co-writers / Producers[23] |
EPs
edit- Systematic EP (Because Music, 2023)
- Blessing in This House (Island Records UK, 2021)
- Won't Let Go (Island Records UK, 2021)
Singles
edit- Dead Good (Nervous Records, 2022)
- People Hold On (Nervous Records, 2022)
- I Made It (Ed Banger Records, 2022)
- Best of Me (Island Records UK/Because Music, 2021)
- It's Not Over (Island Records UK, 2020)
- Running From My Life (Records Collection, 2017)
- Goodbye & Good Luck (Pelican Fly, 2014)
Remixes
edit| Track | Artist | Year |
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| Could You Help Me (Picard Brothers Remix) | Lucy Rose | 2024 |
| Don't Be Afraid (Picard Brothers Remix) | Diplo feat. Jungle & Damian Lazarus | 2021 |
| So Good (Picard Brothers Remix) | Fred Falke, Zen Freeman & Ten Ven | 2021 |
| Let You Speak (Picard Brothers Remix) | Myd | 2021 |
| My Night (Picard Brothers Remix) | Claptone | 2021 |
| Watch Your Step (Picard Brothers Remix)[24] | Disclosure feat. Kelis | 2020 |
| The Difference (Picard Brothers Remix)[25] | Flume feat. Tory y Moi | 2020 |
| Missing U (Silk City & Picard Brothers Remix)[26] | Robyn | 2019 |
| Colors (Picard Brothers Remix)[27] | Beck | 2018 |
References
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- ^ a b "ACE Repertory Maxime Picard". www.ascap.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
- ^ "Hitmaker of the Month: How Diplo Found Dance-Pop Perfection With 'Electricity'". 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (2014-01-03). "On Journeys of Discovery, One Is Cut Short". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "[Next Gen] Maxime et Clément Picard, r'n'b brothers". Les Inrockuptibles (in French). 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "Clement Picard repertoire". [istandard].
- ^ "Picard Brothers". DMC World Magazine. 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2020-09-23.
- ^ "Beyoncé: THE LION KING: THE GIFT: Credits: THE LION KING: THE GIFT". Beyoncé. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
- ^ "Silk City (Mark Ronson & Diplo) Teams Up with Ellie Goulding for New Song "New Love"". pm studio world wide news (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ ""Bad Karma" by Miley Cyrus (ft. Joan Jett)". Song Meanings and Facts. 2020-12-05. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
- ^ "Diplo Premieres New Song "Boom Bye Bye" featuring Niska". pm studio world wide news (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "MHD". 19 August 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ Min, 29 Mai 2018 | 17 H. 51 (2018-05-29). "Silk City : Diplo et Mark Ronson dévoilent " Only Can Get Better "". aficia (in French). Retrieved 2019-12-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Live It Up" (in French). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Wizkid". 14 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Kehlani". 31 January 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Chronixx's "I Can" Provides The Soundtrack For Jo Malone London ad Campaign". Urban Islandz. 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ "Konbini" (in French). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Kekra" (in French). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Patrice nous convie à un voyage spirituel avec le clip de "Burning Bridges"". Konbini - All Pop Everything : #1 Media Pop Culture chez les Jeunes (in French). 22 June 2016. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ Vance, William (2014-10-20). "Jessie J - Sweet Talker (Produced by Diplo & Picard Brothers)". EDMTunes. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
- ^ Caramanica, Jon (3 January 2014). "NYTimes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ "Les Picard Brothers délivrent un remix groovy pour Disclosure". Guettapen (in French). 2020-12-19. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
- ^ "HAIM, Khruangbin + more: Five new releases to listen to this weekend". Mixdown. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ "Missing U (Silk City & Picard Brothers Remix)". Robyn. 17 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ^ Desk, TV News. "Beck Unveils Latest Collaboration, COLORS (PICARD BROTHERS REMIX)". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2019-12-22.
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