To some, it must seem like this young electronic producer came out of nowhere. Emancipator (Douglas Appling) played his first live show in July 2009, opening for
Bonobo at the Roseland Theater. Since then, he’s toured with
Bassnectar, drawn crowds at festivals like Trinumeral and Symbiosis, and closed out
Sound Tribe Sector 9’s late night parties in Denver at the request of the band. But those in the know have been following Emancipator since he self-released his first album, Soon It Will Be Cold Enough, at the age of 19 in 2006. His agile melodies layered over headnodic, immaculate…
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