With one foot in the Analog past and eyes firmly set on the future,El Michels Affair are among the leaders of a resurgent funk &soul movement from New York City. Led by saxophonist/organistLeon Michels and producer/engineer Jeff Silverman, El MichelsAffair began as a loose collaboration of soul session men (includingmembers of top-sellers Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, TheBudos Band, and Antibalas), releasing an acclaimed 2005 debuton their burgeoning label Truth & Soul (also the moniker for theduo as a production team). The buzz generated from that album led to Toyota (!) inviting themto do some promotional shows backing Wu-Tang Clan members,which led to more Wu-Tang gigs, which in turn led to a contract withFatbeats Records to do an album of instrumental Wu-Tang coversand interpretations.