Avalon Emerson

Avalon Emerson
BornSan Francisco, U.S.
OriginArizona, U.S.
GenresElectronic
Labels
Websiteavalonemerson.com

Avalon Emerson (born November 10, 1988) is an American electronic music producer and DJ. Emerson DJs at clubs such as Berghain in Berlin and has played at festivals like Coachella, Sonar, Primavera Sound and Pitchfork.[1][2][3]

Biography

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Emerson was born in San Francisco and raised in a musical household in Arizona. Along with Nine Inch Nails and Cocteau Twins, her mother played a lot of synth pop in the house—"Propaganda, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Depeche Mode". Her father plays guitar, and the two of them along with her sister would record using Cakewalk, sparking an early interest in music production.[4]

At 19, Emerson moved to San Francisco where she worked as a software developer and began to make electronic dance music, DJ and throw warehouse parties in the SoMa district of the city, before moving to Berlin in 2014.[5]

In 2016 she released 'The Frontier' on Young Turks sublabel Whities (AD 93 as of 2020)[6]  around the same time she began to regularly DJ in Panorama Bar in Berghain, as well as clubs and festivals throughout Europe. Resident Advisor named 'The Frontier' one of the top 10 Tracks of the Decade.[7] Emerson has also released records on Ghostly International imprint Spectral Sound[8] and in 2020 contributed to !K7’s DJ-Kicks series, with her mix featuring tracks from Oceanic, Tranceonic, and her own cover of Magnetic Fields' 'Long Forgotten Fairytale'.[9][10]

In 2018 Emerson collaborated with friends to launch Buy Music Club, a site dedicated to building and sharing lists of music on Bandcamp.[11][12][13]

Emerson’s productions are known for their melodic-heavy synths and heavy percussion, pulling from a wide history of pop and electronic music. Emerson is also known for her bootleg-style unofficial remixes dubbed “Cybernedits” (formerly Cybernetic Edit Subscription Service) that she provided as free-download zip files until 2016.[14] Officially Emerson has remixed Slowdive, Christine and the Queens, Robyn, Four Tet, Austra, Lena Platonos and more.[15][16][17][18] As a DJ Emerson is known for spanning many sounds, tempos and genres, often heavily looping and re-editing multiple layers of songs during her sets, which at Panorama Bar have lasted more than 11 hours.[19]

Discography

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Studio albums

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Mix albums

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EPs

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  • Pressure / Quoi! (2014, Icee Hot Records)
  • Church of SoMa (2014, Spring Theory Records)
  • Let Me Love & Steal / Honest Gangster (2014, Spring Theory Records)
  • shtum 009 Constantly My Cure (2015, shtum)
  • Whities 006 the Frontier / 2000 Species of Cacti (2016, Whities)
  • Narcissus in Retrograde (2016, Spectral Sound)
  • Whities 013 One More Fluorescent Rush / Finally Some Common Ground (2017, Whities)
  • 040 Rotting Hills / Winter and Water / One Long Day Till I See You Again (2017, AD 93)
  • Eternal September with Anunaku as A+A (2022, AD 93)

Remixes

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  • 2015: HNNY – "Solsidan" (Avalon Emerson Second System Mix)
  • 2017: Bwana – "Three Way Is the Hard Way" (Avalon Emerson Remix)
  • 2017: Lena Platonos – "Lego" (Avalon Emerson Remix)
  • 2017: Octo Octa – "Adrift" (Avalon Emerson's Furiously Awake Version)
  • 2017: Slowdive – "Sugar for the Pill" (Avalon Emerson's Gilded Escalation)
  • 2018: Christine and the Queens – "The Walker" (Avalon Emerson's Balcony Mix)
  • 2019: Four Tet – "Teenage Birdsong" (Avalon Emerson Scrub Jay Remix)
  • 2020: Robyn – "Honey" (Avalon Emerson's Deep Current Reroll)
  • 2020: Austra – "Anywayz" (Avalon Emerson's 14th Life Version)
  • 2021: King Princess – "Pain" (Avalon Emerson's Half Dub)

References

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  1. ^ "5 acts who blew us away at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris". Mixmag. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. ^ "Avalon Emerson | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  3. ^ "Watch Avalon Emerson and Courtesy's mind-bending Sónar set". Crack Magazine. 2017-06-19. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  4. ^ "Avalon Emerson: Triple scorpio supernova". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  5. ^ Reidy, Tess (2016-03-22). "berlin-based talent avalon emerson DJs, produces and... codes". i-D. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  6. ^ "Avalon Emerson: Triple scorpio supernova". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  7. ^ "2010-19: Tracks Of The Decade". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  8. ^ Listen to "Natural Impasse" by Avalon Emerson, retrieved 2020-08-18
  9. ^ Dazed (2020-09-18). "Avalon Emerson's track-by-track guide to her new DJ-Kicks mix". Dazed. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  10. ^ "Cover story: Avalon Emerson – Back Down to Earth". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  11. ^ "Avalon Emerson launches new site, Buy Music Club, to share Bandcamp lists". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  12. ^ "Avalon Emerson launches new site Buy Music Club". FACT Magazine. 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  13. ^ "Artists tell us how Bandcamp has made the difference in 2020". Loud And Quiet. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  14. ^ "Avalon Emerson and Bwana Drop Fourth Collection of Remixes in "Cybernedits" Series". www.vice.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  15. ^ Listen to "Sugar for the Pill" (Avalon Emerson's Gilded Escalation) by Slowdive, retrieved 2020-12-16
  16. ^ Alessandra Armano (2018-11-09). "Avalon Emerson Remixes Christine and the Queens". HOUSE of Frankie. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  17. ^ "Robyn shares Avalon Emerson remix of 'Honey'". Crack Magazine. 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  18. ^ "Avalon Emerson shares remix of Four Tet's 'Teenage Birdsong': Listen". DJMag.com. 2019-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  19. ^ "The art of DJing: Avalon Emerson". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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