Miles Perkin is a Canadian musician from Brandon, Manitoba. He uses a unique combination of conventional, extended and invented techniques along with a vast collection of unconventional tools such as hair-clips, barbecue skewers, chopsticks, cotton swabs, clothespins, homemade capos and other invesnted or found objects to coax a seemingly unlimited palate of sounds from his double bass.

Miles has released three CDs to date. Aposiopesis (2008) is a collection of solo pieces for double bass and voice. The Guessing Game (2008) is his second release with Common Thread, an ensemble of 6 musicians. The debut CD from Common Thread (2005) was released with Ombu Productions. A duo recording with French pianist Benoit Delbecq is scheduled to be released online in 2009.

As a sideman, Miles Perkin is currently the bassist for Thom Gossage Other Voices, Lhasa de Sela, Philippe Lauzier's Trio, Brad Barr’s sUPER LITTLe, Erik Hove Trio, Joe Grass, Jorane, Jason Sharp’s Mobius, Ka Noo and Jeff Johnston's Trio. He performs regularly with Moondata LABprojects and contemporary dance productions by choreographer Isabelle Van Grimde. Some other artists he has performed with include: Bob Brookmeyer, Steve Swell, David Binney, Thomas Heberer, Jan Jarczyk, Joel Miller, Tom Walsh, Francois Bourassa and Christine Jensen among others.

Miles Perkin holds a bachelor of music degree in jazz performance from McGill University where he studied bass with members of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and performed with the McGill Contemporary Music Ensemble and Symphony Orchestra. On two occasions he attended the International Jazz Workshop at the Banff Centre for the Arts where he studied with Dave Douglas, Jim Black, Johannes Weidenmuller, Ari Hoenig and performed with Joe Lovano and Django Bates. He studied composition with American jazz legend Bob Brookmeyer while attending Brandon University as a visiting student in 2003. In 2006, Miles temporarily relocated to New York City where he studied bass with Mark Helias, John Hebert and studied composition with John Hollenbeck. He has performed extensively in Canada, the United States, Holland, France and Germany.

Miles currently lives in Montreal. In 2009 he will make his home in Berlin.