Los Angeles residents Michael Turner (Double K) and Christopher Portugal (Thes One) came together as People Under The Stairs in the mid-1990s through a common love of record digging, making beats and the classic hip hop sound of The Beatnuts and Freestyle Fellowship. Thes One and Double K worked together making music and soon completed their debut album in 1998 – THE NEXT STEP. Their jazz, funk, rock and soul inspired albums, infamous vinyl collections and energetic live shows gained them acclaim all over the world, from America and Europe to Australia and Japan. In 2006, People Under The Stairs returned with another breath of fresh air in full drum-banging, chorus-shouting, feel-good musical form with their long awaited album STEPFATHER. The album highlights their extremely progressive approach, reflected from the duo’s study of music theory and classical material.