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.

The lo-fi warm recording aesthetic and bottom-heavy production alongside the success of EMA’s debut release led to them playing shows with Raekwon and various members of The Wu-Tang Clan. Almost in a domino effect, a huge range of Hip Hop artists sampled Michels’ songs, from Ghostface Killah, Just Blaze, and Jay-Z to J Dilla, J.Cole, and Travis Scott.

El Michels Affair returned with the original albums ‘Adult Themes’ in 2020 and ‘Yeti Season’ in 2021. Since then, the group has released collaborative projects with Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, Liam Bailey, and Black Thought. We are so excited to have El Michels Affair perform live at Cross The Tracks 2024.