El Michels Affair is a project of New York songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels. A veteran of the New York funk/soul scene of the early to mid aughts, including a stint with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Michels draws on that experience as well as inspiration from the more cinematic elements of hip-hop to produce wildly varying music that manages to stay true to those roots. The results, which range from re-imaginings of Wu Tang classics to reggae/dub with Liam Bailey to Turkish and Indian inspired pop, complete with Hindi lyrics sung by Piya Malik, are always beautifully produced and never boring.
Menahan Street Band, Budos Band, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Wu Tang Clan, BADBADNOTGOOD
If you like funk, soul, cinematic music or Wu Tang, shuffle the El Michels Affair discography and you'll never hear a dud.