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…