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Leon Marcus Michels is an American music producer, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. [1]
El Michels Affair is an American cinematic soul group led by musician and producer Leon Michels. Based in New York, the group is noted for its wide-ranging influences, analog production approach, and hip hop collaborations.
Leon Michels is an American songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer. Michels is featured at the far right of the photo. Leon formed Truth and Soul Records, a record label and...
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Mar 26, 2021 · Retro-soul bandleader Leon Michels, who's worked with Beyoncé and the Black Keys, followed a left-field inspiration of his own on latest album
In the alternate reality where everyone still reads recording credits off of their album sleeves as the record spins, we would see the name Leon Michels on many of them.
Apr 5, 2023 · The pandemic not only strengthened the bond of Black Thought and Leon Michels, but helped put together their new joint effort, 'Glorious Game.'
Mar 8, 2024 · From making deep funk and soul with Daptone, Sharon Jones and his own group El Michels Affair, Leon Michels has come a long way. Here the New York-based musician speaks about his musical upbringing, and producing Norah Jones’ new Blue Note album “Visions”.
Apr 13, 2023 · At first glance, the alliance of Black Thought and the El Michels Affair reads like a scrappy indie lifer getting called up to the majors. But in fact, Leon Michels has been in the backdrop of big-name albums like Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s The Carters and Lana Del Ray’s Ultraviolence.
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When Leon Michels name first appeared on a record, he was 16. That release was Thunder Chicken, and the group was his high school band, The Mighty Imperials. The record was essentially an homage to The Meters, at the time it was near pitch-perfect for the budding retro-soul scene.
May 27, 2024 · A child of New York’s soul revival scene, multi-instrumentalist turned GRAMMY-nominated producer Leon Michels has had an extensive reach into pop music. Read on for the stories behind his smash hits with Norah Jones, Black Thought, Kalis Uchis, Aloe Blacc, and others.
Jun 8, 2024 · Leon Michels isn’t exactly sure what his sound or style is, but he definitely has one, and it’s in demand. Michels is a music producer, songwriter, musician, and record executive, and generally speaking his sound is a low-fi, analog mix of retro soul, jazz, reggae, funk, and hip hop that has attracted a wide range of artists looking to ...
El Michels Affair. Led by Leon Michels, a flexible R&B-rooted band mixing groove-oriented jazz, soul, funk, rocksteady, Afrobeat, and hip-hop. Read Full Biography.
Jul 13, 2021 · Founder, Big Crown Records. Jul 13, 2021. When Leon Michels first sat down to make a record with the Mighty Imperials in 1999, he was just 16. That album, “Thunder Chicken,” was a pitch-perfect homage to the super heavy funk sound of James Brown and Meters, with Michels on organ.
Leon Michels, fresh off an invigorating Coachella set where his long running recording project El Michels Affair performed live for the first time as a full band, stops by KCRW to sling some tunes. Within his guest selects are the sonic blueprints for the record label he operates alongside Danny Akalepse, Big Crown Records.
El Michels Affair. New York. Instrumental outfit lead by multi-instrumentalist / producer Leon Michels.
May 23, 2024 · Fresh off singing backup vocals on stage with Freddie Gibbs, Madlib, and backing band El Michels Affair in NYC, Clairo has announced a new album, Charm, co-produced by El Michels Affair leader...
El Michels Affair are an instrumental soul group led by producer and multi-instrumentalist, Leon Michels. Michels began recording songs in a makeshift home studio and released his first full-length record, Sounding Out The City in 2005.
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Leon Michels is a multi-instrumentalist and band leader of El Michels Affair. Prolific producer, writer, arranger, and session musician in New York since the late 1990s. Co-Founded Big Crown Records and Truth & Soul, after contributing to releases from Soul Fire and Desco Records.
Apr 10, 2023 · Listeners are drawn into the world of El Michels Affair because of the wildly infectious groove—and how tight the band is on the recordings. Michels said that’s because the current group has had a musical relationship for decades.
Mar 8, 2024 · 9-time GRAMMY winning singer, songwriter, and pianist Norah Jones has released her ninth solo studio album Visions, a collaboration with producer and multi-instrumentalist Leon Michels, as well as the official video for the song “ Paradise ” directed by Joelle Grace Taylor which celebrates the rollercoaster of life.
Profile: New York-based multi-instrumentalist and band leader of El Michels Affair. Prolific producer, writer, arranger, and session musician since the late 1990s. Co-Founded Big Crown Records and Truth & Soul, after contributing to releases from Soul Fire and Desco Records.
3 days ago · Clairo — Charm: The 25-year-old levels up her intimate bedroom pop with soulful 70s sounds, crafted alongside producer Leon Michels (ringleader of El Michels Affair).
