
Artist
El Michels Affair
El Michels Affair is a soul artist from English formed in 2001. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · English · Best soul albums
- 31
- Releases
- 2005–2026
- Active years
- 2001
- Formed

Artist
El Michels Affair is a soul artist from English formed in 2001. 31 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Soul · English · Best soul albums

Most popular
Glorious Game
2023

Return to the 37th Chamber
2017

Adult Themes
2020

Sounding Out the City
2005

Enter the 37th Chamber
2009

24 Hr Sports (Instrumentals)
2026

24 Hr Sports
2025

Glorious Game (Instrumentals)
2024

Boy Kills World (Songs From The Original Motion Picture)
2024

Yeti Season (Deluxe Version)
2022

Ekundayo Inversions (Instrumentals)
2022

Ekundayo Inversions
2021

Truth & Soul presents A Tribute to Isaac Hayes
2009
The Pj's... From Afar
2007

Kodak
Single · 2025

Say Goodbye
Single · 2025

Indifference
Single · 2025

Mágica
EP · 2025

Mr. Brew
Single · 2025

Los Chicos Tristes (El Michels Affair Remix)
Single · 2023

Losing It
EP · 2023

Whatcha Know
Single · 2023

Kabhi
Single · 2022

Stack The Deck
Single · 2021

Masterclass
Single · 2021

Reasons
Single · 2020

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Single · 2019

Never Be Another You (Reggae Remix) b/w Reggae Remix Dub
Single · 2018

Strange Boy b/w No Surprise
EP · 2016

Loose Change
EP · 2016

PJ's...From Afar
EP · 2007
Backup band for the Wu-Tang Clan and accomplished afro-beat soul/funk band in their own right, currently signed to truth & soul recordings. El Michels Affair first appeared in 2002 for a 12" single on Soul Fire records entitled Easy Access Parts 1 & 2. The release was a loose collaboration between Soul Fire session musicians that featured saxophonist and organist Leon Michels. However, the style and sound of El Michels Affair, which was later coined “cinematic soul”, came about when Leon Michels and Nick Movshon, fellow band mates from The Mighty Imperials, began recording music in Michels’s bedroom studio. Leon Michels had purchased a Tascam 388 (a home recording 8-track module from the early eighties), and began experimenting with music that purposely strayed from the cookie cutter funk that began to saturate the market at the time. Taking influence from all types of music, Michels and Movshon began to create new type of soul music that blended the cinematic quality of soundtrack records with the recording aesthetic of early reggae, and the rawness of 60's rock. As the record took shape, Michels brought in fellow musicians and friends to help shape the style and sound of the reco…