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Mission Ballroom

4242 Wynkoop Street, 80216, Denver, CO, US

Capacity: 3,950

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Doors open: 19:30

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Emancipator biography

Born in 1987, Douglas Appling is a Trip-Hop producer and DJ better known by his stage name Emancipator. The New York City, USA based musician has released four studio albums since his debut in 2006.

Before he started focusing on music full time, Appling was and remains to this day something of a musician’s musician. He’s classically trained, having taken up violin lessons at the age of four, and also has experience playing drums in a number of high school bands.

However, what he mainly takes into his work as a trip-hop musician is his violin and guitar playing. His DJ sets have seen him bring on live string players to bolster his sound and he’s been known to do whole sets while playing guitar live as well.

All this makes the fact that he studied and completed an undergraduate degree in psychology all the more surreal. However, it was at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, New York City. So given his location in quite possibly the coolest, most musical neighbourhood in the coolest, most musical city in the world, it makes a lot more sense.

It was while he was there that he started making beats as more than just a hobby. By the time he was 19 he’d released his first album, 2006’s “Soon It Will Be Cold Enough”. His second album, 2009’s “Safe In The Steep Cliffs” was what made his career truly take off, however.

Before then, his only live shows had been sets in Williamsburg coffee houses. 2009 saw his very first professional live shows however, and those shows were spent opening for Bonobo, the British electronica legend who’s one of Appling’s favourite producers and biggest influences.

Those shows, along with a tour of Japan, made Appling a name the world over. Since then he’s had two more hit albums, an interview with Rolling Stone Japan, a Puma sponsorship and has been signed to some of the world’s most prestigious electronica labels.

The sky’s the limit for this unique talent, and seeing him rise to the top of his game will be unlike anything you’ve seen before. One to watch, for sure.

Live reviews

If you're someone who doesn't enjoy gigging where you witness a band destroy the stage by launching their guitars into the drumkit, being thrown into a mosh pitt with no choice but to accept being moshed for the length of the song, and leaving the venue with tinnitus, then this could be up your street. Emancipator is an American electronic-dance producer who wows the crowd with his live performances around the world. Accompanied by a fellow violinist and sometimes a dazzling orchestra, Emancipator brings that extra special element to his live shows which puts him at numero 1. in our eyes. Emancipator, or otherwise known as Douglas Appling, is set to play some big shows in October around his home country America so if you can get tickets- go! He is extraordinary live. He even steps away from the decks and slams out riffs and all sorts of crazy licks on the geeeeetar too.

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LouisAntoniou

Govinda are an interesting crossover outfit that has been working hard at their trade of music for almost twenty years it seems. You really don’t see enough DJ’s out there doing something different, incorporating other genres from different countries. Fortunately that is what Govinda are all about with their sound, a blissful concoction between EDM and traditional Indian music, creating such a fantastic atmosphere amongst the patrons.

When they perform this live, they have such beautiful visuals at the back of the stage creating a fantastic backdrop made up of kaleidoscope patterns, lots of different colours, illuminating the room. The audience rides the music on each and ever drop that they make happen. The vocals are that of a traditional style, with some beautifully enchanting ornamentation, and to add to the aesthetics there is some fantastically provocative dancing. The biggest song of the evening award has to go to “Higher and Higher” or “Charming the Serpent” simply for the atmosphere that they create amongst the audience.

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