Emancipator

Emancipator

Emancipator's first album, "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough," a collection of melodious, headnodic beats produced in clean detail, dropped in December of 2006. His only marketing effort was to post a note on MySpace asking fans to check out the album, adding, "If you are a record label, then please sign me."

Within weeks, he'd been signed by Japanese superproducer Nujabes. "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough" sold more than 5,000 copies in Japan in the first six months. Puma sponsored an Emancipator tour in Japan, where Emancipator gave his first... more