Emancipator live in concert.
ON TOUR

Emancipator

16
critic concert reviews
electronic

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

70
%
Based on 
16
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 16 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Emancipator is rated as a decent live performer, with shows that lack distinction. Emancipator concert reviews describe live shows and performances as harmonious, mellow, atmospheric, and layered.

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Cherry Blossom (22 March 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
electronic
Origin
New York, United States (5/27/1987)
Bio
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.
Has Performed With
Emancipator Ensemble

Critic Concert Reviews

Grateful Web (USA)

April 21, 2019
%
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, USA

Music In Minnesota (USA)

February 13, 2018
%
Emancipator & Ensemble's Stellar Performance at Fine Line

Twin Cities Media (USA)

February 13, 2018
%
Minneapolis, USA

Exclaim (Canada)

September 21, 2015
60
%
Rifftop Tent, Victoria, Canada

Exclaim (Canada)

February 21, 2015
60
%
Emancipator (aka Doug Appling) shared the stage last night with classical violinist Ilya Goldberg playing to a swelled crowd at Victoria's Sugar Nightclub.

Spectrum Culture (USA)

January 30, 2013
%
Portland, USA

Concert Addicts (Canada)

April 3, 2018
%
Appling has always pulled more from Nujabes or even the String Cheese Incident than from his contemporaries – and his lush, atmospheric sound finds new footing on Baralku.

Past critic reviews published in

The Guardian (UK), UK Music Reviews (UK), Rockfreaks.net (Denmark), Distorted Sound Magazine (UK), Distorted Sound Magazine (UK) and more

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