Miles Tackett has an unmistakable affinity for dirty and dusty sonics. As the backbone of funk collective Breakestra, this multi-instrumentalist/producer/vocalist has spent the past decade reinterpreting ‘60s and ‘70s funk and soul from a hip-hopper’s perspective. While he once produced sample-based programmed beats (as This Kid Named Miles), Tackett has since exclusively taken the organic, analog route with Breakestra. As he puts it, the music of his band is part of the, “new, old funk movement.”
What began as a live entity at renowned venues like Root Down soon grew into studio sessions. And since creating the first Breakestra project The Live Mix, Part 1 up until their brand new LP, Dusk Till Dawn, he has opted to ignore the lure of most digital technology, opting to record directly to tape. “Analog tape brings a character and flavor to it that digital just can’t ever get,” explains Tackett. “There’s randomness that exists within tape it being an organic matter—it works completely different.”
