The project was born in a random late-night conversation between singer Chris Ellis and guitarist Edis Mano in 2016. They reached out to drummer Nico Looser and top session bassist Severin Graf also came on board, and the Ellis Mano Band was complete. In Switzerland, the Ellis Mano Band are not unlike the Wrecking Crew or the Funk Brothers. They are top-flight studio musicians and elites in the Swiss music scene. Although they spent years making music with other artists, the band members never got much time to make music of their own until now.