Breakestra is a ten-piece

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the m ...

"orchestra" from Los Angeles, California, formed by

Miles Tackett Miles Tackett is a musician and producer. He founded Breakestra. Biography Miles Tackett grew up in the Santa Monica Mountains of Topanga Canyon. His father is Fred Tackett, the multi-instrumental member of 70s American rock band Little Feat. Wh ...

in 1996. 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 Breakestra plays live setting & on record is much influenced by late 1960s and early 1970s funk & soul-jazz music and the respective samples that were used in late 1980s/early 1990s hip hop as ''The Live Mix, Part 1'' and ''

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. All tracks ...

'' show. After releasing their first 7 inch single "Getcho Soul Togetha" (an original composition 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,

, and soul. Tackett put together another original full length, "Dusk Till Dawn" in late 2009 that featured guest rapper

Chali 2na Charles Stewart (born June 26, 1971), better known as Chali 2na, is an American painter and rapper, associated with the groups Jurassic 5 and Ozomatli. He is known for his bass-baritone and quick delivery rapping style. Personal life Early lif ...

, 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. Breakestra covered The Mohawks' "Champ" in 2005 on the in-game soundtrack for '' Tony Hawk's American Wasteland''.

Discography

*''The Live Mix, Part 1'' (

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) (1999) *''

'' (

Stones Throw Records Stones Throw Records is an American independent record label based in Los Angeles, California. Under the direction of founder Peanut Butter Wolf, Stones Throw has released music ranging from hip hop to experimental psychedelic rock. '' LA Weekl ...

) (2001) *''Hit The Floor'' ( Ubiquity Records) (2005) *''Dusk Till Dawn'' ( Strut Records) (2009)

External links

Breakestra official site
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