69th installment of the Joyful Union Select series.

Tracks by Thonio et DJ Kefran, Mudhoney, El Michels Affair & Black Thought, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Forest Bees, Macjunt., and more.

Joyful Union Select 069

Haut

Glorious Game

I'm Still Somehow

Alter Ego

The Weather

Grateful

Cnt Go Back ( Tell Me )

Cnt Go Back ( Tell Me ) [feat. Liv.e, Butcher Brown, Jimetta Rose, V.C.R & Maurice II]

Thonio, rapper from Buffalo (NY) USA & Dj Kefran (La Meute), french beatmaker from Paris, combine there talents on this EP 7 tracks.
Available on vinyl (limited edition 300 copies)& cassette (limited edition 100 copies)on Bandcamp : 
https://musical-ark-recordz.bandcamp.com/album/in-my-dreams

In My Dreams

The Show

Thonio & Dj Kefran - The Show

Professor Creepshow - Dream Sequencer

Jazz Hop Loops is a collection of 10 beats fusing dusty Jazz and crunchy Boom Bap together. All tracks are produced entirely on a MPC2000 Classic and other analog stuff.
Side A:
- Loop 01
- Loop 02
- Loop 03
- Loop 04
- Loop 05

Produced, mixed and mastered by AlienLoop
Artwork by Sova

Limited Edition Cassette:
https://alienloop.bandcamp.com/album/jazz-hop-loops
More: linktr.ee/AlienLoop

Jazz Hop Loops

Jazz Hop Loops - Side A

Taken from 'Sour Soul', the new album by BADBADNOTGOOD & Ghostface Killah.

Released February 24th US & CA / February 23rd UK on Lex Records & Eone Music (Canada)
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lexrecords.com | www.badbadnotgood.com
www.eonemusic.ca

Sour Soul

Food

Immortality In Christ 9

Hope they understand ft JayStar

Black Up

Endeavors for Never (The last time we spoke you said you were not here. I saw you though.)

Fancy Clown

Sound Ancestors

Two for 2 - For Dilla

Loose Goose

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. While that release was an early step for Michels, aspects of it have almost become trademarks of his work: a unique raw-yet-disciplined approach to his sound and songwriting, and a soulful genuineness that has a sense of humor one minute and a sense of solace the next.

Right from the jump his hustling work ethic was evident, always involved in a lot at once. While finishing Thunder Chicken, Michels began touring and recording with Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings—which he did for the next 7 years. During that time he was also recording songs in a makeshift home studio and preparing for what would be his first full-length record, Sounding Out The City, and the first release under the name El Michels Affair. In 2004, when Sounding Out The City was recorded, Michels’ obsession with Euro Library, American soul, and early rocksteady crept its way into the songwriting and recording aesthetic, the outcome was something Michels appropriately dubbed “Cinematic Soul.” The album was to be the first release on Truth & Soul Records, a new label Michels co founded.

The lo-fi warm recording aesthetic and bottom heavy production alongside the immediate success of EMA’s debut release lead to playing a show with Raekwon of Wu-Tang fame. That show went over so well it lead to a tour with El Michels backing multiple members of the Wu-Tang Clan. It was these shows that ended up laying the groundwork for the release of El Michels Affair’s second full-length, Enter the 37th Chamber, which eventually introduced them to a worldwide audience. While the band’s fanbase went through the roof, the industry also quickly recognized that EMA was a force to be reckoned with. 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.

While simultaneously running a label, playing / touring, and co-producing other artist’s music Michels helped found The Menahan Street Band, co-produced Aloe Blacc’s sophomore smash LP, Good Things, and received a writer credit on Adele’s Grammy-nominated album, 19. Shortly there after Michels found himself on tour with The Black Keys after being cold-called by Auerbach and asked to join them on the road. It turned out that Auerbach was a big fan of the sound and approach of the Lee Fields record “My World”, which Michels produced. When Auerbach was tapped to make Dr. John’s critically acclaimed album , “Locked Down” and Lana Del Rey’s LP, “Ultraviolence”, Michels was brought along to play and add his signature sound. That led to being included in and touring for Auerbach’s psych-rock project, The Arcs, which features Michels as a musician and co-producer. 

in 2016, Michels co-founded Big Crown Records with Danny Akalapse, the second record label Michels has helped build from the ground. Since then, he has produced a majority of the albums from the labels roster including Lee Fields, Lady Wray, Brainstory, Paul & The Tall Trees, Liam Bailey, and Thee Lakesiders.  Michels has also produced records for Beyonce & Jay-Z’s side project, The Carters, Hanni El Khatib, Chicano Batman, Marco Benevento, and Don Toliver.

In 2020, Michels will release the second album of original material under the El Michels Affair moniker.  The Album, entitled Adult Themes, which Michels calls “the soundtrack to an imaginary movie,” creates a lush, evocative, complex and eclectic collection of tunes that will keep your ears on edge as you nod your head.

I'm Still Somehow

El Michels Affair

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