Leon Michels is on the way to his newly announced El Michels Affair album ( 24 hours of exercise. Out on September 5 via Big Crown Records, the record begins with Clairo's lead single "Expected" featuring Clairo.
"I just hug it out for love' go out / I don't mind waiting / I know, foreseeing comedown / You won't let me in, it's exciting," "If you're kinder to me / we can zoom in / make it lighter, baby / I can not only be a pretty thing / I can put it before one round before another, don't you think?"
24 hours of exercise Will mark the first El Michels Affair album since 2023 Glorious gamecollaborative efforts with Black Thought. Michels' latest album as the sole protagonist, Snowman Seasonarrived in 2021. charmNora Jones A strange phenomenonKali Uchis' virus single "moonlight" and so on.
Michelle's team of special collaborators 24 hours of exercise Including Clairo on “Expected,” Rogê on “Mágica,” Florence Adooni, “Say Goodbye,” Dave Guy, “Oakley’s Har Wash”, “Indifference” on sakamoto, Norah Jones, “Take Me Away,” and rahsaan roland kirk in take my mand the my mand hand Hands’. "I made a conscious decision to do my own thing and refuse to all the quotes "opportunities",” Michels said in a statement. "I thought, 'I'll do the music I love. Being able to do that actually creates more phone cards than I just made pop music or anything else."
According to the Grand Crown record, 24 hours of exercise “Inspired by the fashion and graphic design of Sports Illustrated Magazine in the 80s and 90s, MF Doom’s special herb album, sample resources used, and gospel music and gospel music A la Pastor TL Barrett,” Michels said. “I think my voice develops: it comes from old records, so it often quotes the past, but I’m not a purist, I’m a fan of modern technology.” “I think what I’m doing is new. It’s a blend of the past and the present, not an unprecedented, but a good mix of the past and the present.”
Michelle tells 2021 Rolling stones: "I've been producing a lot of other people's stuff for a long time, and that took a lot of time. I always have a few tracks together and think, 'Oh, for the new El Michels Affairs record, it's going to be cool and then I'll give them to other people...I like the idea of El Michels Affairs because El Michels Affairs became some shit and weird stuff, and I love me."
24 hours of exercise Track list
1. "Drum Line"
2. "Magic" feat. Roger
3. “24-hour sports theme 1”
4. "Say goodbye" feat. Florence Adoni
5. "Oakley's Car Wash" feat. Dave Guy
6. "Expected" feat. Crolo
7. "East District"
8. "Cleaning line"
9. “Cortex”
10. "Shirt"
11. “24-hour sports theme 2”
12. The feat of "indifference". Shintaro Sakamoto
13. "Take me away" feat. Nora Jones
14. "Take my hand" feat. Rahsaan Roland Kirk
15. "Open Season"
16. "Victory Circle"