EMANCIPATOR NEW ALBUM
’MOUNTAIN OF MEMORY’
OUT NOW ON LOCI RECORDS
LISTEN NOW HERE
“Weeping strings, playful pan flutes, boom-bap drum beats, and raindrop synths. That’s how Emancipator’s Douglas Appling Casts aural spells… This is the soundtrack to a fairy tale for an urban generation, and we happily accept the expedition.”
— Billboard on “Labyrinth” from Mountain Of Memory
Douglas Appling, the Portland-based electronic musician known to electronic music enthusiasts as Emancipator continues to refine and consolidate his creative ethos with the release of his sixth studio album Mountain Of Memory today (April 3) on Loci Records.
Listen to Mountain Of Memory here: https://ffm.to/mountain-of-memory
Recorded in his Mt. Hood, OR studio, 14 free-flowing tracks effortlessly encapsulate a variety of elements included in mid-tempo dance grooves, solid boom bap hip-hop beats and calm, reflective tempos blend with electric and acoustic guitars, classical violin, Persian dilruba, cimbaloms, finger snaps, symphonic strings, bubbling water, Latin and African hand drumming music boxes, Baroque flutes and opera singers, who add unexpected vocal ornamentations to accent melodic phrases.
Underlying it all, is the bed of sound Appling produces using electric pianos, ethereal synthesizer washes, processed and almost inaudible vocals, soothing ambient textures and the pulsing of an infinite heartbeat produced by electronic bass tones. “The album has a loose narrative of rising from the swamps, to the summit of a mountain, and the journey of enlightenment in between. By the end of the album, you are standing atop the Mountain of Memory.”
Meanwhile, Emancipator Ensemble—who is Doug Appling (production/guitar) along with Ilya Goldberg (violin), Colby Buckler (drums), Mub Fractal (bass) and Asher Fulero (keys)—have rearranged their tour schedule to the coronavirus pandemic. Updated tour dates are as follows:
Date
New Spring Tour Dates:
7/9/20
7/10/20
7/11/20
7/14/20
7/16/20
7/17/20
7/18/20
7/19/20
7/22/20
7/23/20
7/24/20
7/25/20
New Fall Tour Dates:
9/23/20
9/24/20
9/25/20
9/26/20
9/29/20
9/30/20
10/1/20
10/2/20
10/3/20
10/4/20
10/6/20
10/8/20
10/9/20
10/10/20
10/11/20
10/14/20
10/15/20
10/16/20
10/17/20
City
Nevada, City, CA
Sacramento, CA
San Francisco, CA
Bellingham, WA
Vancouver, BC
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Bend, OR
Santa Barbara, CA
San Diego, CA
Phoenix, AZ
Los Angeles, CA
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Portland
Burlington, VT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Nashville
Carrboro, NC
Asheville, NC
Atlanta
Tampa
Birmingham, AL
New Orleans
Dallas
Austin
Venue
Miners Foundry
Ace of Spades
War Field
Wild Buffalo
Commodore Ballroom
Showbox SODO
Crystal Ballroom
Seventh Mountain Resort
SoHo Music Club
Observatory
Van Buren
Fonda Theatre
Varsity Theatre
Miramar Theatre
House of Blues
Majestic
Port City
Higher Ground
Royale
Webster
The Ave
9:30 Club
Cowan
Cat’s Cradle
The Orange Peel
Variety Playhouse
The Orpheum
The Saturn
HOB
Canton
Scoot Inn
About Emancipator:
Classically trained as a violinist from an early age, Appling’s organic approach to electronic music production draws inspiration from a wide range of international cultures and musical genres, culminating in a refreshingly authentic brand of electronic music that has infiltrated global consciousness. Mountain Of Memory due out April 2020—follows his other albums Baralku (2017), Seven Seas (2015), Dusk To Dawn (2013), Safe in the Steep Cliffs (2010) and Soon It Will Be Cold Enough.
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