Breakwater (band)

Breakwater (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Breakwater


Img_capt =
Background = group_or_band
Origin = flagicon|USA Philadelphia, USA
Instruments =
Genre = funk, soul, R&B
Formed = 1971
Years_active = 1971-1980
Label = Arista
URL = [http://www.kaewilliamsproductions.net/ http://www.kaewilliamsproductions.net]
Current_members = Gene Robinson James Gee Jones Linc 'Love' Gilmore Steve Green Vince Garnell Greg Scott John 'Dutch' Braddock Kae Williams Jr.
Past_members =

Breakwater was a funk and soul American band from Philadelphia, formed in 1971. The band consisted of Gene Robinson, James Gee Jones, Linc 'Love' Gilmore, Steve Green, Vince Garnell, Greg Scott, John 'Dutch' Braddock, and Kae Williams, Jr.

The band released two albums: "Breakwater" in 1978, and "Splashdown" in 1980. The latter features the song "Release the Beast", which was sampled for the Murs track "Intro" in the album "". "Release the Beast" was later sampled by Daft Punk for the song "Robot Rock", which appeared on the album "Human After All". "Release the Beast" features the sound of an oscillator sync patch on an analog synthesizer.

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The sound of Breakwater's music is normally that of slow jams, but they have been known to incorporate rock music and funk styles into their songs, much like their song titled "You". "Release the Beast" is best known by non-funketeers and as thus the group is some times thought to be another African American funk rock group. The band's sound can be closer compared to that of Con Funk Shun or Earth, Wind & Fire.

External links

*Discogs artist|artist=Breakwater|name=Breakwater
* [http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Breakwater.html Breakwater at Soulwalking]


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