{"id":78973,"date":"2021-04-28T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/el-michels-affair-ekundayo-inversions\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T18:24:47","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T17:24:47","slug":"el-michels-affair-ekundayo-inversions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/el-michels-affair-ekundayo-inversions\/","title":{"rendered":"El Michels Affair revisits Liam Bailey album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leon Michels&#8217; band announces <em>Ekundayo Inversions<\/em>, a new take on the most recent Liam Bailey album. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Led by New York musician Leon Michels, the El Michels Affair is known for its many covers, spanning reggae and beyond. While the British reggae-blues-soul artist Liam Bailey was recording <em>Ekundayo<\/em> album, the El Michels Affair produced tracks in the reggae vein as well as ones that leaned more towards a modern R&amp;B, more Frank Ocean than Jacob Miller. It is the idea that modernity and antiquity can coexist that gave birth to <em>Ekundayo Inversions<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><div><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=645506704\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless loading=\"lazy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com\/album\/ekundayo-inversions\">Ekundayo Inversions by El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey<\/a><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>By reworking the dub format, this project emanates with modernity, leading to an inversion, as the album title indicates. &#8220;Awkward take 2&#8221; is augmented by drum beats and we hear the Jamaican artist Lee &#8220;Scratch&#8221; Perry on a transcendent cover of &#8220;Ugly Truth.&#8221;. On &#8220;Conquer &amp; Divide,&#8221; Black Thought from The Roots sings a powerful verse built on sounds that immediately transport us back in time. Despite the new tracks, <em>Ekundayo Inversions<\/em> draws on the strength of the original songs for guaranteed emotional impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-order <em>Ekundayo Inversions<\/em>, before August 13, 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find El Michels Affair in our Songs of the Week  playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (s\u2019ouvre dans un nouvel onglet)\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels.jpg 700w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-661x661.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-375x375.jpg 375w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-85x85.jpg 85w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/4e7abde6-el-michels-73x73.jpg 73w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leon Michels&#8217; band announces Ekundayo Inversions, a new take on the most recent Liam Bailey album. 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