El Michels Affair

El Michels Affair is an American funk and soul group founded by New York-based musician Leon Michels.

El Michels Affair
OriginBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Genres
  • Funk
  • soul
  • hip-hop
  • jazz
Years active2000-present
LabelsBig Crown, Truth & Soul, Fat Beats
Associated actsMenahan Street Band, The Arcs, Wu-Tang Clan, The Shacks, Lee Fields, Freddie Gibbs
Websiteelmichelsaffair.com

Michels played with Soul Fire Records house band The Mighty Imperials before forming his own ensemble in 2002.[1] This group released singles for Soul Fire and for Misty, a sublabel of Daptone Records, as well as a full-length album which was released on the Michels-cofounded label Truth & Soul Records in 2005.[1] After performing with Raekwon at a concert, the group began working with other members of the Wu-Tang Clan and covered several of their songs for vinyl single releases.[1] By 2009, this had yielded an album's worth of material, which was released in 2009 as Enter the 37th Chamber, the name is a play on the album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).[2] El Michels Affair followed this with a second album of arrangements of songs by Wu-Tang Clan and from its members' solo releases, titled Return to the 37th Chamber.[3][4]

Discography
Studio albums
Year Title Label
2005 Sounding Out The City Truth & Soul
2010 Enter The 37th Chamber Fat Beats
2016 Return To The 37th Chamber Big Crown
2020 Adult Themes Big Crown
2021 Yeti Season Big Crown
EPs
Year Title Label
2009 Walk On By (A Tribute To Isaac Hayes) Truth & Soul
2014 Loose Change Truth & Soul
Singles
Year Title Format Label
2003 Detroit Twice b/w Too Late To Turn Back 7" Misty
2005 Creation b/w Behind The Blue Curtains 7" Truth & Soul
2006 C.R.E.A.M b/w Glaciers of Ice 7" Truth & Soul
2006 Duel of The Iron Mic b/w Bring Da Ruckus 7" Truth & Soul
2008 Musings To Myself b/w Spread Your Soul 7" Truth & Soul
2016 4th Chamber b/w Snakes 7" Big Crown
2016 Tearz b/w Verbal Intercourse 7" Big Crown
2016 Strange Boy b/w No Surprise 7" Big Crown
2017 Shadow Boxin b/w Iron Maiden 7" Big Crown
2018 Never Be Another You 7" Big Crown
2018 Unathi b/w Zaharilia 7" Big Crown
2019 12345678910 Digital Big Crown
2020 Reasons feat. Bobby Oroza b/w Hipps 7" Big Crown

References
  1. El Michels Affair at Allmusic
  2. Review of Enter the 37th Chamber. Pitchfork Media, May 11, 2009.
  3. Review of Enter the 37th Chamber. Consequence of Sound, April 25, 2017.
  4. Review of Enter the 37th Chamber. Allmusic.
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