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Sounding Out the City
R&B / Soul · 2005 · 11 tracks

Sounding Out the City

El Michels Affair

Instrumental soul recorded through vintage gear to sound like a lost 1970s film score. Dusty, cinematic, and perfectly suited for late-night urban wandering.

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It sounds like a 1970s heist movie being played through a vintage tube radio in a rainy alleyway.

A cool, detached urban mystery that feels both nostalgic and timeless.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Detroit Twice
3:00
02
Musings to Myself
3:13
03
Too Late to Turn Back
3:34
04
El Pueblo Unido
3:38
05
Behind the Blue Curtains
3:27
06
Ocho Rios
2:35
07
Yennicita
3:09
08
Creation
3:10
09
This Song's for You
2:45
10
Slide Show
2:17
11
Hung Up on My Baby
3:14
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the drums on Detroit Twice feel like they were recorded in a concrete basement with a single microphone.
The haunting, slow-burn flute melody that drifts through Behind the Blue Curtains like smoke in a spotlight.
The heavy, nodding bassline of Hung Up on My Baby that anchors the entire closing sequence of the record.
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