Emancipator | |
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Background information | |
Birth name | Douglas Appling |
Also known as | Emancipator |
Born | Virginia, U.S. | May 27, 1987
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 Productions, 1320 Records |
Website | emancipatormusic |
Douglas Appling (born May 27, 1987), better known by his stage name, Emancipator, is an American producer and DJ based in Portland, Oregon, United States. He launched his music career by self-releasing his debut album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, in 2006 while he was a college student. [1] He has released eight studio albums (two of which are collaboration albums), two live albums, five EPs and three remix collections. He also founded his own record label, Loci Records, in 2012 and formed a live band called the Emancipator Ensemble in 2013. [2]
Doug Appling was born and raised in Virginia, where he studied violin from ages 4 to 12, progressing to electric guitar, drums and bass as a teenager. He cites his father's "eclectic music collection" as sparking his interest in electronic music, while his mother "who'd volunteered in the Peace Corps" exposed him to "African thumb pianos and sounds from beyond the Western palette." [1] He played drums in a rock group in high school that won its prom's "battle of the bands" competition. [1] On how he got his start producing, Appling stated, "I got hooked on [producing electronic music] when I started chopping up loops in Acid Pro for fun in high school." [3] After high school, Doug attended the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, completing an undergraduate degree in psychology. While there, he took a number of classes in 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" in 2006. Distribution was limited since he burned the CDs at home, sold them via his MySpace channel and "hand-delivered them to the post office every week." [1]
In late 2007, Emancipator came to the attention of Nujabes' Japanese label, Hydeout Productions, which re-released Soon It Will Be Cold Enough in April 2008. Moving to his current home of Portland, Oregon, in 2009, he played his first live U.S. show as the opening act for Bonobo, who Appling admits is "one of [his] favorite producers." [4] This, along with a tour of Japan in 2008–2009, helped to provide exposure to larger audiences both at home and abroad. During this timeframe, he switched from using Acid Pro and Reason to using Ableton Live as his music sequencer and digital audio workstation software for all of his productions. [1] His second album, Safe in the Steep Cliffs, was released in January 2010 on the Hydeout label to some acclaim. [5] Remixes, an album of reworked versions of Emancipator tracks by Blockhead, Big Gigantic, Tor and others, was self-released in 2011. [6] Around this time, Appling began touring with a live violinist, Ilya Goldberg; the duo drew positive critical attention. [7] In 2012, Appling founded his own label, Loci Records, and released the album Drum Therapy by Tor as the label's debut album. [8]
2013 saw the release of Emancipator's third studio album, Dusk to Dawn, his first album on Loci Records. Significant touring and studio work followed the release of the record and a four-piece full-band, Emancipator Ensemble, debuted for live audiences. [9]
In 2015, Emancipator released his first live album, Live from Athens, in June; his second remix album, Dusk to Dawn Remixes, in July; and his fourth studio album, Seven Seas, in September. [10] [11]
Emancipator's fifth studio album, Baralku, was released in November 2017. [12] The album, named for a spiritual island where some Australian indigenous tribes believe the dead reside, [13] was supported by three singles: "Ghost Pong," "Goodness" and "Baralku." [14] [15]
In January 2020, Emancipator released a new single, "Labyrinth," along with the title of his sixth studio album, Mountain of Memory, and announced a tour for the album. At the end of February 2020, Emancipator released his second single off the album, "Iron Ox." [16] On April 3, 2020, Emancipator released his sixth studio album, Mountain of Memory. [17]
Title | Release date |
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Soon It Will Be Cold Enough | January 19, 2006 [18] (re-released April 25, 2008, on Hydeout Productions) [19] |
Safe in 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 and Asher Fulero) | January 29, 2021 |
Xylem (with Rena Jones and Flowerpulse) | April 9, 2021 |
11th Orbit (with Lapa) | September 23, 2022 |
Title | Release date |
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Maps & Father King | November 11, 2016 |
Cheeba Gold (with 9 Theory) | March 22, 2019 |
A Thousand Clouds (with 9 Theory) | December 11, 2020 |
Xylem (with Rena Jones and Flowerpulse) | April 9, 2021 |
Citrus Fever Dream (with Cloudchord) | July 16, 2021 |
Title | Release date |
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Remixes [20] | June 21, 2011 |
Dusk to Dawn Remixes | July 8, 2015 |
Mountain of Memory (Remixes) | October 9, 2020 |
Title | Album details |
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Live in Athens | Released June 4, 2015 [21] Recorded live at the Georgia Theatre in Athens, Georgia, on February 22, 2014 |
Baralku Tour | Released December 13, 2019 |
Title | Song details |
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"Shook (Sigur Ros X Mobb Deep)" | Released April 20, 2011 Mashup of Sigur Rós's "Untitled 1" and Mobb Deep's "Shook Ones Part II" |
"Maps" | Originally released as a track on Soon It Will Be Cold Enough in 2006, this song was omitted from Nujabes's remastered version of the album in 2008. [3] Re-released April 20, 2011 |
"Father King" | Originally released as a track on Soon It Will Be Cold Enough in 2006, this song was omitted from Nujabes's remastered version of the album in 2008. [3] Re-released April 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 from 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 Bridge (feat. Lapa, Frameworks & TOR)" | Released August 23, 2019 |
"Himalayan" | Released March 2020 |
"Sea To Sky (feat. Murge)" | Released March 18, 2022 |
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