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Emancipator — Minor Cause
Album: Dusk to Dawn
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Released: 2013
Length: 5:14
Plays (last 30 days): 1
(instrumental)
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 AhhtheMusic wrote:

Gosh Mr. Staten Isle, ever heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover"?  I would say it most definitely applies here.  He can put out such beautiful music and then you denigrate him because he is wearing a baseball hat and a sweatsuit?  And, woa, showing the peace sign?  (Maybe he even means it!!!)


He's a doppelganger to a guy I went to high school with, maybe minus the peace sign.  He did pretty well for himself and ended up being a cancer doctor in Spokane. 
 westslope wrote:

Nicely put.  


Of course the opposite is true.  If one cannot manifest the creative thoughts swirling around in their brains by way of physical skill or technical prowess, how could their creativity ever truly exist for others to enjoy, or not?  

I dearly hope you're not suggesting that someone can sit around and daydream and call that creativity?
This sounds like one computer-generated song ripping off another computer's song.   
 xcranky_yankee wrote:
funny, i just played them both on the less-than-precision laptop speakers - they have a minor synth similarity but otherwise not comparable. Prefer Reckoner but this is okay as background. Especially on laptop speakers




I don't know.  Same tempo, same key, nearly the same chord changes, very similar percussion.  I honestly thought this was just someone's cover/homage. 
 ice-9 wrote:

Lot's of debate about creativity in these comments, but no mention of Radiohead.  Is this not an adaptation of "Reckoner"?  

funny, i just played them both on the less-than-precision laptop speakers - they have a minor synth similarity but otherwise not comparable. Prefer Reckoner but this is okay as background. Especially on laptop speakers

Superb!!   
 sirtezza wrote:

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There you go, another MASTERPIECE!



I like this song and think it has a place on the RP playlist, but the
guy's not wrong - it's an appropriate comment, as far as I'm concerned.

Too much of what I see in the comments seems to just be cheerleading.
We appreciate that it makes you feel good, or reminds you of days past,
or that everyone in your hotel room is dancing to the given track ...

... but a more comprehensive discussion with room for criticism is much
more interesting. Trolls notwithstanding, I appreciate the critical
comments, even if I myself take umbrage occasionally.


Lot's of debate about creativity in these comments, but no mention of Radiohead.  Is this not an adaptation of "Reckoner"?  
 Signwrtr61 wrote:
 
 Your I.Q. clearly shows in your post. Loser.....if there ever was one!!.



 thanks.
 nomnol wrote:


I wonder how many times you copied and pasted the text in this post.  



exactly the right amount.
 sirtezza wrote:

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There you go, another MASTERPIECE!



I wonder how many times you copied and pasted the text in this post.  
 Signwrtr61 wrote:
 
Certainly seems the meaning behind that hand sign has been all but lost.... it's original meaning was not "peace", at all....it was a "V"..... For Victory from the war. 




It wasn't lost. It evolved. Some consider peace a victory.
Captain Ahab featuring Moby.
I like it.
Life just feels better when I listen to this.
 sirtezza wrote:
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There you go, another MASTERPIECE!
 Your I.Q. clearly shows in your post. Loser.....if there ever was one!!.

 AhhtheMusic wrote:

Gosh Mr. Staten Isle, ever heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover"?  I would say it most definitely applies here.  He can put out such beautiful music and then you denigrate him because he is wearing a baseball hat and a sweatsuit?  And, woa, showing the peace sign?  (Maybe he even means it!!!)
Certainly seems the meaning behind that hand sign has been all but lost.... it's original meaning was not "peace", at all....it was a "V"..... For Victory from the war. 

 ScottishWillie wrote:

A guitar is a machine and you adjust its setting to make it sound the way you want. It's the creative process behind the adjustment that makes the art not the machine that delivers it.


 
So once you've "adjusted" the guitar, it just starts playing on its own? Your creative input is done. Jeez
 lizardking wrote:

Ahhhh.....AhhtheMusic is spot on with the rebuttal to mrstatenisle…..besides, based on the interview I'm reading (excerpt below) he emancipated himself from being controlled by TV.  I'm at an 8 on this one and thinking about a 9 maybe one day....Long Live RP!!

"How do you get yourself an interview with Rolling Stone Japan, a Puma sponsorship, signed to Japanese label Hyde-out productions and the Bay Area’s own 1320 Records? Not too mention two full length albums behind you and a growing fan base in the electronic music scene- all straight out of college? Doug Appling says, well, "I don’t have a TV."

https://blog.sfgate.com/cultur...
 

Ok, guys, I appreciate your remarks. I'd say my Corn Flakes may have been meddled with the morning I first heard this. Since then, I've heard a few other very likable tunes from him here, and upon reading up on him, was impressed with his bona fide musicianship, ambition and career path.

But the peace sign in a snapshot, –the social media standard, –but still an awkward, nervous gesture, symptomatic of a generation that doesn't know how to react to camera lens pointed their way. Well, at least there's no ducky lips with it :)
 AhhtheMusic wrote:

Gosh Mr. Staten Isle, ever heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover"?  I would say it most definitely applies here.  He can put out such beautiful music and then you denigrate him because he is wearing a baseball hat and a sweatsuit?  And, woa, showing the peace sign?  (Maybe he even means it!!!)
 
Ahhhh.....AhhtheMusic is spot on with the rebuttal to mrstatenisle…..besides, based on the interview I'm reading (excerpt below) he emancipated himself from being controlled by TV.  I'm at an 8 on this one and thinking about a 9 maybe one day....Long Live RP!!

"How do you get yourself an interview with Rolling Stone Japan, a Puma sponsorship, signed to Japanese label Hyde-out productions and the Bay Area’s own 1320 Records? Not too mention two full length albums behind you and a growing fan base in the electronic music scene- all straight out of college? Doug Appling says, well, "I don’t have a TV."

https://blog.sfgate.com/cultur...
You know. I don't care what he looks like or how he makes his music. Does it speak to me? Yes, that's all I need.
 MrStatenIsle wrote:
One might hope that with a name like 'Emancipator', it's gonna be something serious, perhaps thought provoking. The music almost supports this hope, but then a glance over at the photo of the artist wearing a baseball hat, one hand in his sweatsuit and the other showing the 'peace' sign (he's not Alanis).

Not serious. Or thoughtful.
 
Gosh Mr. Staten Isle, ever heard the saying, "Don't judge a book by its cover"?  I would say it most definitely applies here.  He can put out such beautiful music and then you denigrate him because he is wearing a baseball hat and a sweatsuit?  And, woa, showing the peace sign?  (Maybe he even means it!!!)
One might hope that with a name like 'Emancipator', it's gonna be something serious, perhaps thought provoking. The music almost supports this hope, but then a glance over at the photo of the artist wearing a baseball hat, one hand in his sweatsuit and the other showing the 'peace' sign (he's not Alanis).

Not serious. Or thoughtful.
I love this! dancing around the room .. feel the UP beat .. fun .. puts me in a good mood!
 Get on your bicycle and take a ride with this on...It may change your perspective.  It certainly moves me ! gmichaelt wrote:

You can't hear the planky and the plunky?
 

 sirtezza wrote:
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You can't hear the planky and the plunky?
we need more electro tunes,,,, RP needs diversity  
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There you go, another MASTERPIECE!
This is magical in its creativity and production...anyway you slice it, it's beautiful to me{#Daisy}
 Radio_Melodia wrote:
 I don't like listening to machines either.

sb204 wrote:

What happened? Did a machine kill your guinea pig?

 

 
I'm nitpickerish enough to point out that this did not exactly answer my question.
 I don't like listening to machines either.

sb204 wrote:

What happened? Did a machine kill your guinea pig?

 


 impediguy wrote:
I don't like listening to machines.

 
What happened? Did a machine kill your guinea pig?
 Proclivities wrote:

Are you saying that only musicians who use acoustic instruments are creative and that those who use electronics are not?  Creativity is a cerebral activity - the use of imagination and ideas to create something - it is not identified or defined by the physical skills or tools one uses to express it. "Creativity" does not mean "technical prowess" or "hard labor".

 
Nicely put.  
thank you RP. You still manage to feed me new fresh music
 sfyi2001 wrote:
ScottishWillie wrote:

A guitar is a machine and you adjust its setting to make it sound the way you want. It's the creative process behind the adjustment that makes the art not the machine that delivers it.



 
                               An ELECTRIC guitar yes, to a degree.
                               Certainly not an accoustic.
                               -
                               In this piece, without the violin - there is zero creativity.

 
Are you saying that only musicians who use acoustic instruments are creative and that those who use electronics are not?  Creativity is a cerebral activity - the use of imagination and ideas to create something - it is not identified or defined by the physical skills or tools one uses to express it. "Creativity" does not mean "technical prowess" or "hard labor".
 

ScottishWillie wrote:

A guitar is a machine and you adjust its setting to make it sound the way you want. It's the creative process behind the adjustment that makes the art not the machine that delivers it.



 


                               An ELECTRIC guitar yes, to a degree.
                               Certainly not an accoustic.
                               -
                               In this piece, without the violin - there is zero creativity.
 



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 impediguy wrote:
I don't like listening to machines.
 

A guitar is a machine and you adjust its setting to make it sound the way you want. It's the creative process behind the adjustment that makes the art not the machine that delivers it.


TG for RP! Certainty amidst the uncertainty
 impediguy wrote:
And I don't like processed cheese.

 
All cheese is in fact somewhat processed...{#Naughty}
And I don't like processed cheese.
I don't like listening to machines.
Cool.{#Cool}
 minimole wrote:
Nice, although a bit "Cirque Du Soleil" perhaps.

If you like this, check out "Steep In The Safe Cliffs", by the same band.

 

Just an fyi, Emancipator is a person, aka Doug Appling, not a band. 


Beautiful {#Meditate}
Nice, although a bit "Cirque Du Soleil" perhaps.

If you like this, check out "Steep In The Safe Cliffs", by the same band.
Wonderful track.. thanks for playing it.. commercial radio wouldn't.
 CHuLoYo wrote:

What the hell!!!?? These prices seems to be for a Rolling Stones lost bootleg CD, not for a simple musician, really beautiful, but simple.

 
I spoke too soon.  They are available for much less directly from the performer's web-site.  US$ 10 for an mp3, FLAC or other download.

Interesting.  RP plays Emancipator a lot (5 plays in the past month for Minor Cause alone), and I mean a lot but is not positioned to benefit from CD sales.   
 westslope wrote:
CDs are going for US$122 plus on amazon.com.   C$174 on amazon.ca.

 

 
What the hell!!!?? These prices seems to be for a Rolling Stones lost bootleg CD, not for a simple musician, really beautiful, but simple.
I hiked around Los Torres del Paine in southern summer of 1978 by myself.  Took just shy of 5 days.  

I got off the trail, i.e., lost for about an hour on the second day but eventually found my way back.  In those days, maybe a couple of dozen hikers completed the full route per year.  Nasty military dictatorships were in power in both Chile and Argentina at the time.  

The snow-capped peaks and glaciers that calve off into the lakes are stunningly beautiful.  I would highly recommend it to anybody who likes to backpack.   

In those days, I went for a long walkabout as the Aussie aboriginals like to say.   My grandmother dropped me off at the American/Montana border and I hitched to Tierra del Fuego.

These days it is called 'exotic adventure travel' and there are likely a lot more people doing it.   Still worthwhile though.
 Sounds most excellent Mr. Westslope wrote:

By chance, would that be around Los Torres del Paine?  
 


 westslope wrote:

By chance, would that be around Los Torres del Paine?  
 
It sure was. What an experience. Played some Emancipator through my headphones eating lunch over Glacier Grey {#Music}
First time hearing this....really enjoyable!
Going to see him next month - what are his concerts like?
CDs are going for US$122 plus on amazon.com.   C$174 on amazon.ca.

 
 OceanBlue wrote:

Couldn't agree more. Going on a 13-day hike through the mountains of southern Patagonia in a couple of months, and have all of his albums downloaded and ready to be looped when I'm at the top of the bottom of the world.

 
By chance, would that be around Los Torres del Paine?  

8 => 9
 westslope wrote:

This man puts out some of the consistently best ambient electronica I have had the pleasure of listening to.

 
Couldn't agree more. Going on a 13-day hike through the mountains of southern Patagonia in a couple of months, and have all of his albums downloaded and ready to be looped when I'm at the top of the bottom of the world.
I like the way RP sprinkles intrumentals through out the sets
 westslope wrote:

This man puts out some of the consistently best ambient electronica I have had the pleasure of listening to.

 
Fifteen minutes ago I sent my daughter the reminder request to see if she will join me in his upcoming concert at the Boulder Theatre.  Now here he is.  Two notes in to the piece and I'm "AH there is Emancipator!"  Thanks for making my moment Bill and Rebecca.
Amazing song. 
 AhhtheMusic wrote:
Emancipator is aka Doug Appling an electronic music producer. When I first heard him with my daughter last year I have been mesmerized by his thrilling, eerie, mystical violin immersed in soft chiffon background.  So happy he is honored by RP by playing him. {#Notworthy} 

 
This man puts out some of the consistently best ambient electronica I have had the pleasure of listening to.
This is such an RP song.  I like it.
Gliding along on a Sunday night, lasagna inn the oven, cool breeze coming through the open windows, little dog at my feet. Music for a Florida evening.
Listened to this song for the first time just now.  Brilliant.
Thumbs up!!!
Emancipator is aka Doug Appling an electronic music producer. When I first heard him with my daughter last year I have been mesmerized by his thrilling, eerie, mystical violin immersed in soft chiffon background.  So happy he is honored by RP by playing him. {#Notworthy} 
I came to Emancipator through RP a while ago and I love their sound. Thanks, RP!
New for me too, though I've heard other stuff from them. well worth checking out.
Didn't recognize this song.  That's because it hasn't been played on RP before.  I'm first to comment.  Giving it a 7 on first listen.