On The Run vinyl

Imperial Breed are a mystery funk band from Hamburg, Germany. The group has been put together by DJ/producer Falk "Hawkeye" Schacht and drummer Roberto Kien in an attempt to follow the seminal how-to-record-a-funk-band manual by Gabe Roth(Daptone) and Philip Lehmann(Soul Fire) from "Big Daddy" magazine step by step. This includes the use of karaoke mics, old school tape recorders and IKEA tambourines. The various musicians who made up the ever-changing Imperial Breed workshop are all well-known players from like-minded bands and projects but remain anonymus. Imperial Breed do not only use the cheapest and most outdated equipment, they also put the emphasis on instruments that were rarely used by old school funk bands. Instead of chicken scratch guitars or hammond organs, the sound of Imperial Breed is lead by ancient Arp and Moog synthesizers.