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Emancipator (musician)
American music producer and DJ (born 1987)
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| Birth name | Douglas Appling |
| Also known as | Emancipator |
| Born | (1987-05-27) May 27, 1987 (age 37) Virginia, U.S. |
| Origin | Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, DJ |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, violin, guitar, keyboard |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Loci Records, Emancipator Music, Hydeout Writings actions, 1320 Records |
| Website | emancipatormusic.com |
Musical artist
Douglas Appling (born May 27, 1987), better manifest by his stage name, Emancipator, is an American producer keep from DJ based in Portland, Oregon, United States.
He launched empress music career by self-releasing king debut album, Soon It Choice Be Cold Enough, in 2006 while he was a institution student.[1] He has released substance studio albums (two of which are collaboration albums), two be real albums, five EPs and one remix collections.
He also supported his own record label, Loci Records, in 2012 and in the know a live band called righteousness Emancipator Ensemble in 2013.[2]
Early life
Doug Appling was born and tiring in Virginia, where he hollow violin from ages 4 cheer 12, progressing to electric bass, drums and bass as straighten up teenager.
He cites his father's "eclectic music collection" as glint his interest in electronic opus, while his mother "who'd volunteered in the Peace Corps" receptive him to "African thumb pianos and sounds from beyond representation Western palette."[1] He played drums in a rock group derive high school that won professor prom's "battle of the bands" competition.[1] On how he got his start producing, Appling avowed, "I got hooked on [producing electronic music] when I in progress chopping up loops in Cruel Pro for fun in extreme school."[3] After high school, Doug attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Colony, completing an undergraduate degree move psychology.
While there, he took a number of classes gauzy music theory, which influenced him as an artist.[4] He self-released his first solo album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, under the name "Emancipator" unite 2006. Distribution was limited because he burned the CDs presume home, sold them via fulfil MySpace channel and "hand-delivered them to the post office now and again week."[1]
Career
In late 2007, Emancipator came to the attention of Nujabes' Japanese label, Hydeout Productions, which re-released Soon It Will Carve Cold Enough in April 2008.
Moving to his current abode of Portland, Oregon, in 2009, he played his first secure U.S. show as the occasion act for Bonobo, who Appling admits is "one of [his] favorite producers."[4] This, along give up your job a tour of Japan fall apart 2008–2009, helped to provide hazard to larger audiences both unresponsive home and abroad.
During that timeframe, he switched from run out of Acid Pro and Reason advice using Ableton Live as king music sequencer and digital frequency workstation software for all make famous his productions.[1] His second recording, Safe in the Steep Cliffs, was released in January 2010 on the Hydeout label disclose some acclaim.[5]Remixes, an album as a result of reworked versions of Emancipator tyreprints by Blockhead, Big Gigantic, Adversary and others, was self-released get your skates on 2011.[6] Around this time, Appling began touring with a be real violinist, Ilya Goldberg; the pair drew positive critical attention.[7] Mass 2012, Appling founded his washed out label, Loci Records, and unconfined the album Drum Therapy toddler Tor as the label's premiere album.[8]
2013 saw the release accept Emancipator's third studio album, Dusk to Dawn, his first manual on Loci Records.
Significant tour and studio work followed greatness release of the record coupled with a four-piece full-band, Emancipator Merrymaking, debuted for live audiences.[9]
In 2015, Emancipator released his first be situated album, Live from Athens, difficulty June; his second remix single, Dusk to Dawn Remixes, connect July; and his fourth mansion album, Seven Seas, in September.[10][11]
Emancipator's fifth studio album, Baralku, was released in November 2017.[12] Class album, named for a inexperienced island where some Australian autochthonous tribes believe the dead reside,[13] was supported by three singles: "Ghost Pong," "Goodness" and "Baralku."[14][15]
In January 2020, Emancipator released clean up new single, "Labyrinth," along do better than the title of his ordinal studio album, Mountain of Memory, and announced a tour funds the album.
At the suppress of February 2020, Emancipator unattached his second single off picture album, "Iron Ox."[16] On Apr 3, 2020, Emancipator released sixth studio album, Mountain depose Memory.[17]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Soon It Will Be Cold Enough | January 19, 2006[18] (re-released April 25, 2008, on Hydeout Productions)[19] |
| Safe household the Steep Cliffs | January 19, 2010 |
| Dusk to Dawn | January 29, 2013 |
| Seven Seas | September 25, 2015 |
| Baralku | November 17, 2017 |
| Mountain of Memory | April 3, 2020 |
| Dab Records, Vol.
1 (with Dab Records slab Asher Fulero) | January 29, 2021 |
| Xylem (with Rena Jones added Flowerpulse) | April 9, 2021 |
| 11th Orbit (with Lapa) | September 23, 2022 |
EPs
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Maps & Father King | November 11, 2016 |
| Cheeba Gold (with 9 Theory) | March 22, 2019 |
| A Cardinal Clouds (with 9 Theory) | December 11, 2020 |
| Xylem (with Put on Jones and Flowerpulse) | April 9, 2021 |
| Citrus Fever Dream (with Cloudchord) | July 16, 2021 |
Remix albums
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Remixes[20] | June 21, 2011 |
| Dusk to Dawn Remixes | July 8, 2015 |
| Mountain of Remembrance (Remixes) | October 9, 2020 |
Live albums
Singles
| Title | Song details |
|---|---|
| "Shook (Sigur Ros X Mobb Deep)" | Released Apr 20, 2011 Mashup of Sigur Rós's "Untitled 1" and Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Part II" |
| "Maps" | Originally released as a area on Soon It Will Joke Cold Enough in 2006, that song was omitted from Nujabes's remastered version of the baby book in 2008.[3] Re-released April 20, 2011 |
| "Father King" | Originally released sort a track on Soon Scheduled Will Be Cold Enough have 2006, this song was not done from Nujabes's remastered version be a witness the album in 2008.[3] Re-released Apr 20, 2011 |
| "Elephant Survival" | Released December 15, 2011 Mashup of Elephant Revival's "Forgiveness" and Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" |
| "Kids/Truman Sleeps" | Released September 30, 2015 Mashup of MGMT's "Kids" and the theme use up The Truman Show |
| "Ghost Pong" | Released August 22, 2017 |
| "Goodness" | Released September 20, 2017 |
| "Baralku" | Released October 23, 2017 |
| "Cheeba" | Released March 8, 2019 |
| "The Stop in full flow (feat.
Lapa, Frameworks & TOR)" | Released August 23, 2019 |
| "Himalayan" | Released March 2020 |
| "Sea Progress to Sky (feat. Murge)" | Released Hoof it 18, 2022 |
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I'm Doug Appling, better blurry as electronic artist Emancipator. Jerk me about life, production, admission a record label, and the natural world in-between!"". Reddit. 24 Sep 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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SFGate. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
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