Breakestra
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Breakestra is a funk
music project of Miles "music man" Tackett's based in Los Angeles
, California
.Breakestra was first formed in 1997 as a strictly live ensemble playing "covers" of funk & soul-jazz music (breaks) that had been sampled in late 80s & early 90s hip-hop seamlessly blended into each other in the same style that the foundation bronx based funk (hip hop) djs would do back in the pre sampling days of the1970's when they would dj records at block parties.
Miles Tackett, also known as "Musicman", records, composes, plays bass,upright cello, guitar, keyboards and drums. He also sings along with the other front man Mix Master Wolf. The style in which the breakestra plays in the live setting & on record is much influenced by late 60's and early 70's funk & soul-jazz music, & the respective samples that were used in late 80s/early 90s hip hop as The Live Mix, Part 1 and The Live Mix, Part 2
show.
After releasing their first 7 inch single "Getcho Soul Togetha" (an original compoosition in fact) in 1999 on Stones Throw records and two full-length albums of mostly covers
and sample-filled breaks
, Breakestra put out Hit the Floor in 2005 on Ubiquity Records
, which included all-original recordings fusing elements of hip hop
, funk
, and soul
.Tackett put together another original full length, "Dusk Till Dawn" in late 2009 that featured guest rapper Chali 2na, the late DJ DUSK & soul vocalist Afrodyete "the african goddess of love".Tackett continues to bring different incarnations of Breakestra out on tour when not working on projects in his home studio.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
music project of Miles "music man" Tackett's based in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.Breakestra was first formed in 1997 as a strictly live ensemble playing "covers" of funk & soul-jazz music (breaks) that had been sampled in late 80s & early 90s hip-hop seamlessly blended into each other in the same style that the foundation bronx based funk (hip hop) djs would do back in the pre sampling days of the1970's when they would dj records at block parties.
Miles Tackett, also known as "Musicman", records, composes, plays bass,upright cello, guitar, keyboards and drums. He also sings along with the other front man Mix Master Wolf. The style in which the breakestra plays in the live setting & on record is much influenced by late 60's and early 70's funk & soul-jazz music, & the respective samples that were used in late 80s/early 90s hip hop as The Live Mix, Part 1 and The Live Mix, Part 2
The Live Mix, Part 2
The Live Mix, Part 2 is an album by Breakestra, an American a ten-piece funk "orchestra". The album is a combination of breaks and funk covers performed with real instruments, and featuring the vocals of band member Mixmaster Wolf.-Track listing:...
show.
After releasing their first 7 inch single "Getcho Soul Togetha" (an original compoosition in fact) in 1999 on Stones Throw records and two full-length albums of mostly covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
and sample-filled breaks
Breakbeat
In 1992, a new style called "jungalistic hardcore" emerged, and for many ravers it was too funky to dance to. Josh Lawford of Ravescene prophesied that the breakbeat was "the death-knell of rave" because the ever changing drumbeat patterns of breakbeat music didn't allow for the same zoned out,...
, Breakestra put out Hit the Floor in 2005 on Ubiquity Records
Ubiquity Records
Ubiquity Records is an American music label that focuses on funk, rare groove, soul, and hip hop and other musical genres. It is located in Costa Mesa, California and has a satellite office based in San Francisco, California...
, which included all-original recordings fusing elements of hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, and soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
.Tackett put together another original full length, "Dusk Till Dawn" in late 2009 that featured guest rapper Chali 2na, the late DJ DUSK & soul vocalist Afrodyete "the african goddess of love".Tackett continues to bring different incarnations of Breakestra out on tour when not working on projects in his home studio.
Discography
- The Live Mix, Part 1 -Rootdown records (1999)
- The Live Mix, Part 2The Live Mix, Part 2The Live Mix, Part 2 is an album by Breakestra, an American a ten-piece funk "orchestra". The album is a combination of breaks and funk covers performed with real instruments, and featuring the vocals of band member Mixmaster Wolf.-Track listing:...
Stones Throw Records (2000) - Hit The Floor (Ubiquity RecordsUbiquity RecordsUbiquity Records is an American music label that focuses on funk, rare groove, soul, and hip hop and other musical genres. It is located in Costa Mesa, California and has a satellite office based in San Francisco, California...
2005) - Dusk Till Dawn Strut records (2009)
External links
- Breakestra official site
- Breakestra on Ubiquity RecordsUbiquity RecordsUbiquity Records is an American music label that focuses on funk, rare groove, soul, and hip hop and other musical genres. It is located in Costa Mesa, California and has a satellite office based in San Francisco, California...
- Breakestra on Stones Throw
- Breakestra on MySpace
- Stones Throw Records official site