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What began as an experimental tribute quickly became a worldwide cult classic embraced by DJs, record collectors, hip-hop fans, and members of Wu-Tang themselves. After hearing the project, RZA famously said: \"This is American music right here.\" Led by saxophonist\/organist Leon Michels and producer\/engineer Jeff Silverman, El Michels Affair blends vintage soundtrack music, early reggae, and raw analog soul into what the group calls \"Cinematic Soul.\" Over the years, the album has taken on a life of it's own, heard everywhere from independent record shops and radio stations to restaurants, film sets, and even theme parks across multiple continents. Nearly two decades later, Enter the 37th Chamber remains one of the defining releases in the Fat Beats catalog and a landmark recording in instrumental hip-hop and cinematic soul. Stripped down and intentional, this anniversary cassette edition of Enter the 37th Chamber let's the imagery do the talking. Housed in a clear cassette case with an OBI strip, the cassette itself features the album's iconic Chinese opera mask artwork printed full bleed on one side and a black-and-white band photo on the other. 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Now, four EMA studio albums and scores of tribute and remix projects later-all while producing for some of the biggest names in the industry-Michels has trademarked his sound, with each project taking audiences somewhere new and pushing the boundaries of what he is known for. The man is a river, not a lake and this time he takes his golden touch into the realm of hip-hop laying down a musical bed for one of the greatest to ever rhyme into a microphone: Black Thought of The Roots crew. Releasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called Glorious Game and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him. Michels and Black Thought have been in each other's orbit for a while now. The two first met in the 2000s when Thought was first getting familiar with the contemporary soul scene. \"Out of that whole world, Menahan Street Band was probably my favorite,\" recalling the funk and soul group Michels was a founding member of back in 2007. Fast forward a few years and musicians from that collective-Dave Guy on trumpet and Ian Hendrickson-Smith on sax -are now full time players with The Roots. This connection eventually led Leon and Thought to doing a few fundraising events around NYC and Philly together. \"Before long, Black Thought was coming around the studio and would jam with us from time to time,\" Michels explains. \"Then, fast forward to 2020 and COVID lockdowns, he just hit me up out of the blue, wanting me to send him stuff to write to. We both were looking to stay busy.\" Being that Black Thought is the co-founder and emcee for, hands down, the best live-band group in hip-hop. Michels took a decidedly different approach to this project and instead of sending recorded tracks of live compositions, he pulled out the sampler and sampled himself and some records from his collection. \"I'm a big fan of soul music,\" as if Michels has to remind us. \"And part of hip-hop's appeal to me has always been the sample-based production\" For Glorious Game, Michels would make wholly composed and recorded soul songs in his studio, sample himself, then chop and\/or loop up his sounds and create instrumentals for Black Thought. On some tracks he took a more traditional hip-hop approach, starting from samples of other people's music but then adding live instrumentation on top. But for the most part, it's him reinterpreting his own compositions into something new. The result is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and fluctuate enough for Black Thought to flex on. \"What I write about is determined by the equation of the producer's energy and my energy,\" Black Thought says. \"It's about where we meet.\" So armed with Michels sampled and re-sampled soul cinematics, Black Thought rhymes through personal memories and distinctive perspectives, all dripping with visuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Grateful (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Glorious Game (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 I’m Still Somehow (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Hollow Way (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Protocol (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 The Weather (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 That Girl (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.8 I Would Never (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Alone (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Miracle (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Glorious Game (Reprise) (Instrumental) \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Alter Ego (Instrumental)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"El Michels Affair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59229972463961,"sku":"V44507329","price":7.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1033\/0151\/3561\/files\/4358521-3204322_bbe70e36-f130-4691-878d-69d756ea1aef.jpg?v=1788058649"},{"product_id":"el-michels-affair-shimmy-shimmy-ya-incarcerated-scarfaces","title":"El Michels Affair: Shimmy Shimmy Ya \/ Incarcerated Scarfaces - 7-INCH SINGLE","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eShimmy Shimmy Ya \/ Incarcerated Scarfaces\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eEl Michels Affair\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eFat Beats\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003e7-INCH SINGLE\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e659123701419\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eRap\/Hip Hop\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2024-05-17\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n \n \u003cbr\u003e\n \n \n Off of the backs of the 2006 release a pair of 7-inch singles called the Shaolin Series, El Michels Affair would eventually drop the LP \"Enter the 37th Chamber\" in 2009, which covered classics by the Wu-Tang Clan. To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the landmark full-length, Fat Beats Records is not only re-releasing the original 45s in the Shaolin Series, but will be adding to the series with choice cuts from the LP. First up is \"Shimmy Shimmy Ya,\" a hauntingly unforgettable take on ODB's classic single, with blaring horns and a chorus of children to sing the iconic hook. 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The raw sample stabs and sub-bass of the stripped-down Wu-Tang stunner are replaced with mind-bending bass notes, and the re-played organ hook turned way up. 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What began as an experimental tribute quickly became a worldwide cult classic embraced by DJs, record collectors, hip-hop fans, and members of Wu-Tang themselves. After hearing the project, RZA famously said: \"This is American music right here.\" Led by saxophonist\/organist Leon Michels and producer\/engineer Jeff Silverman, El Michels Affair blends vintage soundtrack music, early reggae, and raw analog soul into what the group calls \"Cinematic Soul.\" Over the years, the album has taken on a life of it's own, heard everywhere from independent record shops and radio stations to restaurants, film sets, and even theme parks across multiple continents. Nearly two decades later, Enter the 37th Chamber remains one of the defining releases in the Fat Beats catalog and a landmark recording in instrumental hip-hop and cinematic soul. This pressing is presented on the Crimson Strike color vinyl, channeling the energy of a karate chop through a combination of color-in-color effects and vivid splatter in yellow, red, and black. Housed in a heavyweight jacket featuring the album's iconic Chinese opera mask artwork, embossed and finished with spot gloss highlights. 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His signature sound has caught the attention of the mainstream while continuing to inspire the underground. Since 2023's El Michels Affair \u0026amp; Black Thought album Glorious Game, Michels has been busy producing records for other artists; Norah Jones' Grammy winning Visions, Clairo's Grammy nominated Charm, Kali Uchis' \"Moonlight\", as well as albums for labelmates Brainstory, Derya Yildirim \u0026amp; Grup Simsek, Thee Heart Tones, and Liam Bailey. His new album 24 Hr Sports marks the highly anticipated return to recording under his own moniker, El Michels Affair. 24 Hr Sports was inspired by the fashion and graphic design of '80s \u0026amp; '90s Sports Illustrated magazines, MF DOOM's Special Herbs albums, the sample sources used on them, and gospel music a la Pastor T. L. Barrett. The sum of those influences with Michels' impeccable creative touch prove to be the recipe for an instant classic that will surely be one of the most heralded releases of 2025. The album opener \"Drum Line\" is an anthemic, uplifting tune with marching band drumming and thundering brass arrangements that command undivided attention and set the tone for what's to come. 24 Hr Sports sees a significant departure from the largely instrumental music of the El Michels Affair catalog with a roster of vocal features that manages to mirror the undefinable genre of his music. The first one on the album is \"Mágica\" which features Brazil's Rogê. He takes the already pumping energy of the track over the top with his fútbol inspired lyrics. Moving from Brazil to Ghana, \"Say Goodbye\" features Florence Adooni who touts her individuality with an effortless swag jumping between Frafra and English, telling it like it is in the earworm chorus, \"never gonna find a girl like me... \". Labelmate and world renowned trumpeter from The Roots, Dave Guy joins the '70s groove of \"Oakley's Car Wash\" with his distinct horn lines before the track switches lanes, closing with a dubby outro. From raucous to serene, \"Anticipate\" featuring Clairo picks up on the musical synergy between her and Leon that created 2024's Charm album. Clairo rides signature EMA arrangements perfectly as she pines for an unattainable love over the band's airtight instrumentation. \"Eastside\" is a song that could soundtrack a sunrise over the ocean, putting Leon's tasteful use of space and arrangement on a pedestal. By way of Japan, The Suginami Children's Choir join in on the lush \"Clean The Line\" singing a song about the moon, the sun, and birds. Next, \"Cortex\" kicks in the door with gritty distorted guitars and thundering drums that puts a moment of pure cinematic intensity in the middle of the album. Leon himself handles lead vocals on \"Shining,\" a song about looking for a friend to share the joys of a sunny day with. The universally adored Shintaro Sakamoto is featured on \"Indifference\", a swanky tune built on bouncing basslines and flute chops. Shintaro uses the arrangements to go from singing to speaking, musing over a fleeting love. The Grammy winning duo of Norah Jones and Michels reunite on \"Carry Me Away\" with Jones' honeyed vocals soaring over a track that is hard to place but easy to love. Leon leans into El Michels Affair territory on the tune that sounds decidedly different from the Norah Jones records he has produced. \"Take My Hand\" puts gospel influence front and center with the Fabulous Rainbow Singers choir on the chorus and a saxophone solo from the late great Rahsaan Roland Kirk. \"Open Season\", a mid tempo, piano driven number with group vocals chanting \"we want the gold, we want the gold... \" could soundtrack a slow motion highlight reel, while the aptly titled album closer \"Victory Lap\" is a dreamy euphoric wind-down worthy of the record that just finished. When all is said and done, the trophy on the cover of the album speaks volumes. 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This album takes the band's \"Cinematic Soul\" aesthetic literally and sends the listener on a journey through a whirlwind of moods and energies. With their 2005 debut album Sounding Out The City, EMA spearheaded an instrumental funk \/ soul movement that inspired a slew of bands and even lead to the creation of a few independent record labels. El Michels has since lent his signature sound to artists from Adele to Dr John, Lana Del Rey to Aloe Blacc, and a who's who list of others. In 2016 he co-founded Big Crown Records and has since produced the lion's share of it's output. A short stint as the touring band for Wu Tang Clan in 2007 led to the cult classics Enter The 37th Chamber (2009) and Return To The 37th Chamber (2017). Adult Themes marks the long awaited, highly anticipated return to an album of original compositions from El Michels Affair.In 2017 in between producing, playing, and recording on other artists' records Leon Michels began creating compilations of short interludes intended to be sampled by hip hop producers. Some of these wound up becoming songs by Jay Z \u0026amp; Beyonce, Travis Scott, and Don Toliver. These minute-long snippets were inspired by the dense moody work of '60s composers like David Axelrod, and Francois de Roubaix, as well as Moondog's brand of classical jazz. Michels was having so much fun creating these instrumental \/ orchestral nuggets that he decided to expand on some of the ideas and create what would become the soundtrack for a movie that has yet to be made, an imaginary film entitled \"Adult Themes.\" The album plays like the colors on an artists pallet. Songs like \"Rubix\" and \"Villa\" are densely orchestrated with the hard-hitting drums that El Michels Affair is known for. On \"Life of Pablo\", Leon's son makes his first appearance on record and intros a song with an epic arrangement and a moving mood. \"Hipps\" is a drum heavy ballad that could've easily fit on EMA's debut record, Sounding Out the City. Other compositions like \"The Difference\" and \"Kill The Lights\" are bare, melodic mood pieces with sparse drums and sophisticated chord movement. All of these tunes come together to make perfect backgrounds for dialogue and action.One of the beautiful things about instrumental music is that the listener can decide what the narrative is. 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Titled Yeti Season, this newest album has everything we've come to expect from EMA's patented cinematic style of instrumental soul music. Where Adult Themes inspired a soundtrack to an imaginary film, Yeti Season brings us to a different place in time-with new inspirations. Taken with Turkish-styled funk and an almost Mumbai-esque take on soul, El Michels Affair offers us a different kind of drama and imagination with Yeti Season. If you've been following along, this shouldn't be viewed as too far a departure for El Michels Affair. The first single off of Yeti Season showed their hand back in 2018. A double-sided banger, that release brought the musical textures to the fore that dominate this record. The first song, titled \"Unathi,\" is fully realized with the beautifully haunting-yet-hopeful vocals of Piya Malik, formerly of 79.5. Singing in Hindi, Piya's ethereal voice is telling us to work and strive together toward progress. Even if you don't understand her language, you can still hear the urgency of purpose, creating a lasting vibe that sits on top of it all. Leon Michels explains that Piya had a vital influence on this record: \"When Piya started singing in Hindi, she had a different voice, a different tone. I knew we had to do something together.\" And so Piya appears on three other songs on Yeti Season: \"Zaharila,\" \"Murkit Gem,\" and \"Dhuaan.\" Each providing particular signatures to the album. \"Zaharila\" is a building and changing love song punctuated by blaring trumpets, driving drums, and Piya's pleading lyrics. While the more upbeat \"Murkit Gem\" opens with a fuzzed out, Wu-Tang-esque baseline that buoys Piya's stylings. The psychedelic guitar and Piya's changing tones and textures singing about an all-consuming love are what pushed \"Dhuaan\" on to the second single from Yeti Season. There is also a vocal appearance from Shannon Wise of The Shacks, yet another Big Crown artist. Her song called \"Sha Na Na,\" lies more in the familiar EMA vein: melodic, hypnotic, soulfully visual. But between Shannon's airy singing, the jumpy baseline, moody vibes, the active drum lines, it sounds like a pensive walk home after a strangely dramatic night. So what is Yeti Season? It could be more of a feeling than an actual place or time of year. It's a heavy album-as evidenced by the signature musicianship and dramatic vocal expressions. But it's also a hopeful record, with phrasings, textures, and chord changes that hint at something better-or fuller-coming our way. You hear it in songs like \"Ala Vida,\" with it's stabby, pulsing chords laying a bedrock for EMA's bright, atmospheric horn lines. Or even in \"Fazed Out,\" which leaves you with a feeling of determination, a striving for resolution even though the driving, march-like song structure should accompany some conquering army. This persistence has to come from the fact that Leon Michels and company finished this record during the lockdown. It was a tough and troublesome time. But look at what has come of it: Yeti Season-a record of high and heavy drama, but also one of hope and promise. 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Despite all of the advances in computer recording technology, home studios, and electronic instruments, there is a flourishing interest in analog recording techniques and in recreating the mood and sound of vintage soul records. With one foot in the past but their eyes firmly set on the future, El Michels Affair are among the leaders of a resurgent funk \u0026amp; soul movement from New York City that's sweeping both the music community and the charts. Led by saxophonist\/organist Leon Michels and producer\/engineer Jeff Silverman, El Michels Affair began as a loose collaboration of session musicians (including members of top-selling acts Sharon Jones \u0026amp; the Dap Kings, the Budos Band, and Antibalas) that looked to blend some of the vibrant quality of soundtrack records with the recording aesthetic of early reggae, and the rawness of 60's rock-they called it 'Cinematic Soul.' This delicate balance was evident on their 2005 debut album Sounding Out the City, which earned critical acclaim and acted as the inaugural full-length release for Michels and Silverman's burgeoning label Truth \u0026amp; Soul (also the moniker for the duo as a production team). The buzz generated from the album and a series of moderately successful 7\" vinyl singles from Truth \u0026amp; Soul led to an invitation by Toyota's Scion division for El Michels Affair to accompany the rapper Raekwon of Wu-Tang Clan for a promotional concert. As avid Wu-Tang fans, not only were the band leaders thrilled with the opportunity, but Michels found that the 'Cinematic Soul' sound was consistent with the moods of RZA's gritty soundscapes on the classic Wu-Tang releases. The concert was such as success, El Michels Affair went on to play several more concerts nationwide backing Raekwon and other members of the Clan, and the shows led to the recording of two smash 7\" singles featuring instrumental reinterpretations of the Wu-Tang classic songs \"C.R.E.A.M.\" and \"Bring Da Ruckus.\" The singles combined to sell an extraordinary amount of over 7,000 units worldwide, and their success led to a contract in 2007 with indie hip hop powerhouse Fat Beats Records to record an entire album of Wu-Tang Clan interpolations entitled Enter the 37th Chamber. Since the contract was inked, a worldwide explosion of retro soul led by Amy Winehouse, Mark Ronson, and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings has transformed the pop music landscape, and the Truth \u0026amp; Soul production duo have been in strong demand, recording with everyone from breakthrough Grammy-nominated artist Adele to punk rock innovator Iggy Pop. They've been commissioned for official remixes of Amy Winehouse and Dinah Washington (for the popular Verve Remixed series), and produced for Australian multi-platinum acts Jet and Gabriella Cilmi. Despite the eclectic group of clients for the Truth \u0026amp; Soul production company, El Michels Affair continued to build an audience within the hip hop community. A track from Sounding out the City was sampled for Ghostface Killah's 2007 track \"Shakey Dog Lolita,\" and a horn part written and performed by Michels (for Menahan Street Band) was famously lifted for Jay-Z's smash single \"Roc Boys.\" Truth \u0026amp; Soul also worked in the studio on original productions with multi-platinum producer Just Blaze (T.I.'s \"Live Your Life,\" Jay-Z, Usher). With their increasing presence behind the scenes in the industry, El Michels Affair looks to have their status as recording artists rise significantly in 2009. 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The buzz generated from that album led to Toyota (!) inviting them to do some promotional shows backing Wu-Tang Clan members, which led to more Wu-Tang gigs, which in turn led to a contract with Fatbeats Records to do an album of instrumental Wu-Tang covers and interpretations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Duel of the Iron Mics \u003cbr\u003e1.2 C.R.E.A.M \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Mystery of Chessboxin' \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Can It All Be So Simple \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Uzi (Pinky Ring) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Interlude \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Glaciers of Ice \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Cherchez la Ghost \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Criminology \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Heaven ; Hell \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Bring Da Ruckus \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Protect Ya Neck \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Incarcerated Scarfaces \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Shimmy Shimmy Ya \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Outro \u003cbr\u003e1.16 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.17 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.18 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.19 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.20 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.21 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.22 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.23 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.24 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.25 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.26 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.27 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.28 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.29 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.30 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.31 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.32 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.33 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.34 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.35 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.36 [Untitled] \u003cbr\u003e1.37 [Untitled]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. 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The A side \"Reasons\" is a collaboration that is sure to get all the Soul collectors very, very excited. Last time Bobby Oroza was in New York El Michels invited him to the studio to cut a tune together. Bobby took this opportunity to take us all on a journey to the existential side of his mind on this gorgeous and ethereal ballad covered in lush guitar notes. Oroza's voice finds it's place perfectly over the track, talking us through the human struggle and still creating that energy that is uniquely his and has become his signa- ture sound. The B side \"Hipps\" is pulled from El Michels Affair's recently released modern masterpiece Adult Themes. In a day and age when the album format is being taken over by singles and playlists Adult Themes is a record that truly has to be listened to in the context of the whole album to be understood. This made it hard for us to pick a tune from it for this 7\". \"Hipps\" cuts in with a crushing drum beat and is quickly joined by the unmistakable horn arrange- ments that Leon has become famous for. In true EMA fashion the arrangement on this piece can't be touched, closing one's eyes and listening will induce anyone to a vivid visual fantasy. 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Loose Change is a trip to the T\u0026amp;S vaults, we dusted off the reels to some alternate mixes and previously unreleased songs from the SOTC sessions including a little \"interlude\" featuring the one \u0026amp; only Lee Fields. This is a limited edition 1000 piece pressing, and for those that have been asking, yes there are two new El Michels records in the works. 10 years ago, Truth \u0026amp; Soul released it's first full-length record, Sounding Out the City. It was also Leon Michels' first full-length record under the moniker El Michels a air. At the time, the budding retro soul scene consisted mostly of organ quartets a la the Meters and of course, Sharon Jones \u0026amp; the Dap Kings were in the early days of their ascent to world domination. Leon Michels, who was 19 when recording Sounding Out the City began, had just released Thunder Chicken, the rst record by his high school band the Mighty Imperials. At the time of SOTC, Michels was just discovering early rocksteady, afrobeat, and 60s garage rock, which inevitably crept it's way into the songwriting. He purchased a Tascam 388, an 80s 1\/4\" to reel 8 track intended for home recordings, and began recording music in a 10x10 box with no windows that also doubled as his childhood bedroom. Along with fellow Mighty Imperials Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, and Sean Solomon, as well as Michael Leonhard, Thomas Brenneck, and some of the musicians from the Dap Kings, Michels recorded the LP over a two-year period. Michels has since gone on to produce and co-produce many of the Truth \u0026amp; Soul releases including the new Lee Fields record, Emma Jean. He shares songwriting credits with Adele, Jay-Z, Ghostface Killah, Aloe Blacc, and has played on records by Ray LaMontagne, Lana Del Ray, the Black Keys, and Dr. John. Loose Change is a glimse into he early, early days of El Michels a air. 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The bouncy energy of the track is taken to the next level by Florence's earworm chorus which is sure to make this a record in heavy rotation around the globe.The B side \"Mágica\" is yet another instant hit that smashes through the speakers from the first note. El Michels Affair teams up with Brazil's own Rogê, whose vocals pour gas on the already fire track. Turn this one up to 10 and find the dancefloor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Say Goodbye \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Mágica\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"El Michels Affair","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59235281895769,"sku":"V45203923","price":3.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1033\/0151\/3561\/files\/4428587-3396139.jpg?v=1788060165"},{"product_id":"el-michels-affair-yeti-season","title":"El Michels Affair: Yeti Season - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eYeti Season\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eEl Michels Affair\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eBig Crown\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e349223006025\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eSoul\/R \u0026amp; B\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2021-03-26\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n \n \u003cbr\u003e\n \n \n Fresh off of their 2020 offering Adult Themes, El Michels Affair is back with a new full-length release. Titled Yeti Season, this newest album has everything we've come to expect from EMA's patented cinematic style of instrumental soul music. Where Adult Themes inspired a soundtrack to an imaginary film, Yeti Season brings us to a different place in time-with new inspirations. Taken with Turkish-styled funk and an almost Mumbai-esque take on soul, El Michels Affair offers us a different kind of drama and imagination with Yeti Season. If you've been following along, this shouldn't be viewed as too far a departure for El Michels Affair. The first single off of Yeti Season showed their hand back in 2018. A double-sided banger, that release brought the musical textures to the fore that dominate this record. The first song, titled \"Unathi,\" is fully realized with the beautifully haunting-yet-hopeful vocals of Piya Malik, formerly of 79.5. Singing in Hindi, Piya's ethereal voice is telling us to work and strive together toward progress. Even if you don't understand her language, you can still hear the urgency of purpose, creating a lasting vibe that sits on top of it all. Leon Michels explains that Piya had a vital influence on this record: \"When Piya started singing in Hindi, she had a different voice, a different tone. I knew we had to do something together.\" And so Piya appears on three other songs on Yeti Season: \"Zaharila,\" \"Murkit Gem,\" and \"Dhuaan.\" Each providing particular signatures to the album. \"Zaharila\" is a building and changing love song punctuated by blaring trumpets, driving drums, and Piya's pleading lyrics. While the more upbeat \"Murkit Gem\" opens with a fuzzed out, Wu-Tang-esque baseline that buoys Piya's stylings. The psychedelic guitar and Piya's changing tones and textures singing about an all-consuming love are what pushed \"Dhuaan\" on to the second single from Yeti Season. There is also a vocal appearance from Shannon Wise of The Shacks, yet another Big Crown artist. Her song called \"Sha Na Na,\" lies more in the familiar EMA vein: melodic, hypnotic, soulfully visual. But between Shannon's airy singing, the jumpy baseline, moody vibes, the active drum lines, it sounds like a pensive walk home after a strangely dramatic night. So what is Yeti Season? It could be more of a feeling than an actual place or time of year. It's a heavy album-as evidenced by the signature musicianship and dramatic vocal expressions. But it's also a hopeful record, with phrasings, textures, and chord changes that hint at something better-or fuller-coming our way. You hear it in songs like \"Ala Vida,\" with it's stabby, pulsing chords laying a bedrock for EMA's bright, atmospheric horn lines. Or even in \"Fazed Out,\" which leaves you with a feeling of determination, a striving for resolution even though the driving, march-like song structure should accompany some conquering army. This persistence has to come from the fact that Leon Michels and company finished this record during the lockdown. It was a tough and troublesome time. But look at what has come of it: Yeti Season-a record of high and heavy drama, but also one of hope and promise. 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The backing music simultaneously has the swag of the darker side of Wu Tang as well as the light hearted bounce of a cartoon theme song. Piya Malik's vocals dance all over the tune, cementing Murkit Gem as an unlikely but undeniable \"get to the dancefloor now\" record. The B side Cham Cham is a non album cut exclusive to this 45. Again EMA invites Piya Malik to the microphone and she shares her styled storytelling vocals. It is the vocal version of Perfect Harmony, which appears on Yeti season sans vocals. Picture sleeve art by the legendary Ghanaian artist, Mr Brew. 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This 7\" is part of a new Big Crown X El Oms collaboration that includes a custom deck of playing cards and a t shirt series illustrated by El Oms. The labels of this 45 are pulled from some of the King \u0026amp; Queen illustrations contained in the deck.To go with this project, El Michels teamed up again with Bobby Oroza for the A side tune which plays along with the collab theme called \"Stack The Deck\". These two proved their chemistry on 2020's \"Reasons\" which became a fast favorite around the globe. This time El Michels comes with a heavier more orchestrated track that Bobby finds the perfect groove on as he plays up the gamble of love.The B side is a speaker smashing cover of the late, great, Notorious B.I.G.'s \"Things Done Changed\" from his Ready To Die album. 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Where some of the tunes on the EP have vocals added, some of them have them removed letting the band take center stage; \"Poison Song\", \"Uncut Gem\", \"Smoked\", and \"Progress\" are all instrumen- tal here giving them a wholly different energy than the vocal versions.The EP is being released with two different covers, each one has two paintings from different Ghanaian mobile cinema artists commissioned through Chicago's Deadly Prey Gallery and are interpretations of the original album artwork. One version is paintings by Stoger and Heavy J, who also contributed cover paintings to the Return To The 37th Chamber album. 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This album takes the band's \"Cinematic Soul\" aesthetic literally and sends the listener on a journey through a whirlwind of moods and energies. With their 2005 debut album Sounding Out The City, EMA spearheaded an instrumental funk \/ soul movement that inspired a slew of bands and even lead to the creation of a few independent record labels. El Michels has since lent his signature sound to artists from Adele to Dr John, Lana Del Rey to Aloe Blacc, and a who's who list of others. In 2016 he co-founded Big Crown Records and has since produced the lion's share of it's output. A short stint as the touring band for Wu Tang Clan in 2007 led to the cult classics Enter The 37th Chamber (2009) and Return To The 37th Chamber (2017). Adult Themes marks the long awaited, highly anticipated return to an album of original compositions from El Michels Affair.In 2017 in between producing, playing, and recording on other artists' records Leon Michels began creating compilations of short interludes intended to be sampled by hip hop producers. Some of these wound up becoming songs by Jay Z \u0026amp; Beyonce, Travis Scott, and Don Toliver. These minute-long snippets were inspired by the dense moody work of '60s composers like David Axelrod, and Francois de Roubaix, as well as Moondog's brand of classical jazz. Michels was having so much fun creating these instrumental \/ orchestral nuggets that he decided to expand on some of the ideas and create what would become the soundtrack for a movie that has yet to be made, an imaginary film entitled \"Adult Themes.\" The album plays like the colors on an artists pallet. Songs like \"Rubix\" and \"Villa\" are densely orchestrated with the hard-hitting drums that El Michels Affair is known for. On \"Life of Pablo\", Leon's son makes his first appearance on record and intros a song with an epic arrangement and a moving mood. \"Hipps\" is a drum heavy ballad that could've easily fit on EMA's debut record, Sounding Out the City. Other compositions like \"The Difference\" and \"Kill The Lights\" are bare, melodic mood pieces with sparse drums and sophisticated chord movement. All of these tunes come together to make perfect backgrounds for dialogue and action.One of the beautiful things about instrumental music is that the listener can decide what the narrative is. 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A collection of unreleased tracks, alternate takes, and instrumentals from the Yeti Season recording sessions.EMA's blending their signature cinematic soul sound with influences from Turkish Funk and the grittiest of Bollywood soundtracks yielded an instant classic The Fader calls \"a carnival of dusty funk and soul\".The EP starts off with the unreleased gem \"Messy Grass\" whose synth intro, peppered with distant yeti cries, gives way to a tremendous backing track that Tamer Pinarbasi's Qanun dances over. On \"Cham Cham\" EMA invites Piya Malik to the microphone again to share her styled storytelling vocals over the instrumental track from Yeti Season's \"Perfect Harmony\". 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