EMANCIPATOR RELEASES NEW SINGLE
”HIMALAYAN”
LISTEN NOW HERE
TRACK APPEARS ON NEW STUDIO ALBUM ‘MOUNTAIN OF MEMORY’
OUT APRIL 3 ON LOCI RECORDS
FALL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
ON SALE FRIDAY, MARCH 20
“Himalayan” — the new single out today (March 13) from Emancipator—captures, “…a sense of enlightenment, reflection, and achievement, perhaps what one would feel standing at the summit of a long ascent looking out above the clouds. The sounds of waves and reversed piano carry during the outro symbolizes a nostalgic nod back to the earlier times at sea level.”
Listen to “Himalayan” now here: https://ffm.to/emancipator-himalayan
It is the third offering following “Labyrinth” and “Iron Ox” from his upcoming sixth studio album Mountain of Memory due out April 3 on Loci Records. 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 certain 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.
Meanwhile, Emancipator Ensemble—who is Doug Appling (production/guitar) along with Ilya Goldberg (violin), Colby Buckler (drums), Mub Fractal (bass) and Asher Fulero (keys)—has announced new fall tour dates beginning September 23 in Minneapolis to support Mountain of Memory. Tickets go on sale next Friday, March 20. The spring leg launches April 29 in Santa Barbara. All tour dates follow here:
Date
4/29/20
4/30/20
5/1/20
5/2/20
5/5/20
5/7/20
5/8/20
5/9/20
5/10/20
5/13/20
5/14/20
5/15/20
5/16/20
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
Santa Barbara, CA
San Diego, CA
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Bellingham, WA
Portland, OR
Vancouver, WA
Seattle
Bend, OR
Arcata, CA
Nevada City, NV
Sacramento
San Francisco
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Portland
Burlington, VT
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Nashville
Carrboro, NC
Asheville, NC
Atlanta
Tampa
Birmingham, AL
New Orleans
Dallas
Austin
Venue
Soho Music Club
The Observatory North Park The Van Buren
The Fonda
Wild Buffalo
Crystal Ballroom
Commodore Ballroom
Showbox Sodo
Domino Room
Arcata Theatre
Miners Foundry
Ace of Spades
The Warfield
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
New tour dates:
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