Performance · Production
Emancipator
United States • b. 1987-05-27
Emancipator is credited on 12 releases across 10 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 2007–2023 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
12
Pressings credited
10
Albums
3
Decades active
9
In collections
Biography
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. 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.
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Credited work
12 releases · 10 albums · active 2007–2023
- Performance · 10
- Production · 3
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Nym
- Marcus D
- Eliot Lipp
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