Breakestra were recently named by The Los Angeles Times as one of the the city's top bands to watch in 2005 (along with The 88, etc.) and their brand new album Hit The Floor is their first full-length of all-original songs (written by Breakestra's main man Miles Tackett). The album follows 2001's The Live Mix, pt. 2 on Stones Throw. Hit The Floor was released on Ubiquity on October 25. Spin called Breakestra's new album, “Timeless funk for now people... this is their first record of originals, and it's a keeper".
The Find sees the 25-year-old Portland-based MC/producer Ohmega Watts making party-rocking, positive and funky hip hop with a foot planted firmly in the old school. Rolling Stone called the album, “funky soul and razor-sharp dance-floor cuts... this is hip-hop that everyone - not just fans of the genre - can enjoy" and URB proclaimed “this is body-rockin' hip-hop at its best and will likely be Ubiquity's most worthwhile release this year."
Breakestra Australian Festival Dates
(line-up includes James Brown, Norman Jay, Talib Kweli, Jean Grae, Z-Trip, etc.)
18-Feb-06 - Good Vibrations Festival Sydney
19-Feb-06 - Good Vibrations Festival Perth
Breakestra Hit The Floor European Tour
(Including two dates at the Jazz Cafe in London plus dates in Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, England, Ireland, France)
20-Feb-06 - Mandarin Casino Hamburg DE
21-Feb-06 - Rotown Rotterdam NL
22-Feb-06 - Ekko Utrecht NL
23-Feb-06 - De Kreun Kortrijk BE
24-Feb-06 - Moods Zurich CH
25-Feb-06 - Dachstock Bern CH
28-Feb-06 - FZW Dortmund DE
01-Mar-06 - Essex Uni Essex UK
02-Mar-06 - Warwick Uni Coventry UK
03-Mar-06 - Spectrum @ Rescue Rooms Nottingham UK
04-Mar-06 - Fat City Manchester UK
05-Mar-06 - Liquid Rooms Edinburgh UK
06-Mar-06 - Fibbers York UK
07-Mar-06 - Tuesday Club Sheffield UK
08-Mar-06 - Arches Glasgow UK
09-Mar-06 - Jazz Caf London UK
10-Mar-06 - Jazz Caf London UK
11-Mar-06 - Vibraphonic @ Pheonix Exeter UK
12-Mar-06 - The Beach Brighton UK
14-Mar-06 - Mandela Hall Belfast UK
15-Mar-06 - Sandino's Derry UK
16-Mar-06 - Hi-Fi Club Leeds UK
17-Mar-06 - Sugarclub Dublin IR
18-Mar-06 - Academy Bristol UK
19-Mar-06 - Sage (Jazz Festival) Gateshead, Newcastle UK
22-Mar-06 - Novueu Casino Paris FR
23-Mar-06 - Le Jam Montpellier FR
24-Mar-06 - Sans Bordeux FR
25-Mar-06 - Cabaret Aleatoire Marseille FR
Ohmega Watts European Tour Dates
18-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Teplice / Bok
19-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / support of DE LA SOUL Prague / Lucerna Music Bar
20-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Ostrava / Marley club
21-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Frydek Mistek / Stoun club
22-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Pardubice / Nocni Provoz 8
23-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / support of EARTH WIND & FIRE / Prague / Lucerna Music Bar
24-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Blansko / Black Hill
25-Apr-06 - Slovak Republic / Brezno / Bombura
26-Apr-06 - Czech Republic / Liberec / Casta
27-Apr-06 - Native, Bristol (U.K)
28-Apr-06 - Montpellier, FRANCE
29-Apr-06 - La Scene, Paris, FRANCE
30-Apr-06 - Albani Music Club, Winterthur, Switzerland
03-May-06 - Athens, Greece
05-May-06 - Wardrobe, Leeds, U.K
06-May-06 - La Palma, Rome, Italy
14-May-06 - Jazz caf, LOndon (U.K.)
For more information contact All About Jazz.
