El
continues to produce tracks for new artists and for some of the most popular
artists of our time, including
his younger brothers, Chico & Darell (a.k.a. Young). He has made guest
appearances
at Chico's
shows and has been seen at venues with his brothers. If you get the opportunity
to see him perform live, don't miss out. El's compilation album entitled "El DeBarge-Ultimate
Collection" was released in August 2003 and in 2004, he produced the song,
"Mystic's Spot" for Urban Mystic, on which he sings background. El perform
ed
two songs on his brother Darrell's 2005 album, "The Hunt", and has
also
collaborated
on
a song with brothers Chico and James on Chico's CD, released in 2009. El still has that vocal magic and
was in the studio in 2008,
recording new material for an upcoming album. He and Chico have
collaborated on a new project as well. El
does background on a song entitled "Up Again" on RZA's newly released CD, "Digi
Snacks". He's also featured on three songs on George Clinton's new CD released in
September 2008.
El has performed at venues across America during the past
year, including New Year's Eve & Mother's Day. He did a show at Steinlager Pure Mega 80's Music Festival at The Waterfront at Aloha Tower
Marketplace in Honolulu, Hawaii on June 14,2008, Country Club Hills Theater in
Illinois on August 29, 2008 and had several shows at Yoshi's Jazz Club at Jack London Square in Oakland September
12-14, 2008. El was
slated to appear as one of George Clinton's special guest performers at BB Kings
during the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City on October 23, 2008.
News on
El's upcoming album
(in 2010) will be announced here.
El performed at The Conga Room on February 8, 2010. Reviews have been great! He
also appeared on TV One's "Way Black When" soundtrack week special during the
week of February 8-12, 2010. Click
here to read El's interview with Lee
Bailey of EURweb. El was a guest on the Brian McKnight Show. (Find the video
links on our
Audio/Video
page.) He also performed at Kindal's in Dallas on March 6, 2010
and was featured in a benefit concert for Haiti (video can bee seen
here).
