◇ image via WikipediaEl Michels Affair
El Michels Affair is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lee Fields, Raekwon, The Mighty Imperials, Tess Henley and MF DOOM. Those roots explain a lot about how El Michels Affair arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, Ikebe Shakedown, Bobby Oroza and Monophonics, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Menahan Street Band and Eliza, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around El Michels Affair, reaching back through Lee Fields and forward to Menahan Street Band. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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El Michels Affair connections
El Michels Affair grew out of Lee Fields, Raekwon, The Mighty Imperials and Tess Henley, shares an orbit with Menahan Street Band, The Budos Band, Ikebe Shakedown and Bobby Oroza, went on to shape Menahan Street Band and Eliza. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced El Michels Affair
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- Ikebe Shakedownartist
- Bobby Orozaartist
- Monophonicsartist
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- Lee Fields & The Expressionsartist
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- Curtis Hardingartist
- The Souljazz Orchestraartist
- Kokorokoartist
- Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestraartist
- The New Mastersoundsartist
- The Bacao Rhythm & Steel Bandartist
- Lee Fieldsartist
- Khruangbin & Leon Bridgesartist
- Nubiyan Twistartist
- Idris Muhammadartist
- David Axelrodartist
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