Loci, Resound, Prime & Mark My Words Present: Emancipator at Mohawk on 9/9
Doors/Show: 7pm/8pm
All Ages
ABOUT EMANCIPATOR:
Douglas Appling, the Portland-based electronic musician known to electronic music enthusiasts as Emancipator, takes a natural approach to his art. The classically trained violinist, and veteran of more traditional bands during his college years, grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Listening to his parents’ wide-ranging collection of albums – Kraftwerk, Orbital, ... view more »
Loci, Resound, Prime & Mark My Words Present: Emancipator at Mohawk on 9/9
Doors/Show: 7pm/8pm
All Ages
ABOUT EMANCIPATOR:
Douglas Appling, the Portland-based electronic musician known to electronic music enthusiasts as Emancipator, takes a natural approach to his art. The classically trained violinist, and veteran of more traditional bands during his college years, grew up in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Listening to his parents’ wide-ranging collection of albums – Kraftwerk, Orbital, Fleetwood Mac – and the African sounds his mother discovered during her years in the Peace Corps, profoundly influenced his expansive approach to music making. Appling’s ideas about music are influenced by a degree in psychology but while he was in college, he was also studying music theory. He began revisiting the multi-layered sounds he created on Acid Pro during high school and expanding upon them. Appling has released many collaborative albums with respected artists in his inner circle, such as CloZee, 9 Theory, Cloudchord, Asher Fulero, and most recently with his close friend and touring violinist Lapa.
ABOUT CLOUDCHORD:
Derek grew up coveting guitar gods like Jimi Hendrix. The game changed when his Dad took him to see George Benson, and his Mom paid for jazz guitar lessons. His college years saw him learning about high-level recording studios; a summer spent as an audio engineer intern at the Aspen Music Institute ignited his reverence for acoustic music. His inspirations grew to include jazz pianist and life mentor Art Lande, and hip hop acts like Jurassic 5 and The Roots. After several years as a Brooklyn-based touring act called D.V.S*, Derek moved to Austin and rebranded. The creative focus was on the chill sides of dance music (from chillhop to deep house) while featuring live guitar and lap steel. In his first year as Cloudchord, he scored 6 consecutive #1 tracks on Hype Machine. Shortly after, a call came to score the documentary In Football We Trust. The work premiered at Sundance and won an Emmy. Other scoring clients have grown to include Disney, Gatorade, Facebook & L’Oreal.
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