Emancipator - Soon It Will Be Cold Enough

While this album isn't exactly new, (released 2007) I just got my hands on it and thought it was of the same caliber of Bonobo or Boards of Canada. The now 21-year-old Emancipator put this release together when he was just 19 using all real time sampled instrumentation or simple one-shot beats (single notes arranged in composition). His result was a down tempo, hip-hop infused ambient album that is simply beautiful. From the glitchy acoustic guitar parts in the pseudo title track "Soon It Will Be Cold Enough to Build Fires" to the tightly programmed drums that lay the back beat for the soaring violin in "Anthem" and the mind-easing vocal samples in "When I Go", the album doesn't let up. The entire 64 minute album is simply epic.

Just goes to show - who knows what you can do at 19 these days...

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