“Culture contains the seed of resistance which blossoms into the flower of liberation” - Amílcar Cabral__________________________ DJ Emancipacion draws inspiration for her musical journey from people’s movements for freedom and liberation. Her sets take you on a journey through Africa (her homeland) via Chicago (her birthplace), tracing tribal roots, future dubs, and lots of soul. She will dance you through deep African house to cumbia and dancehall to classic R&B, all the while paying homage to the liberation songs of the people. DJ Emancipacion has been a proud member of the San Francisco Bay Area dance scene for over 12 years, and has played and collaborated with many respected DJs and artists including: David Harness, Carlos Mena, J Boogie, Sake 1, Chuck D, Invincible, Mark Gonzales, DJ Nader, Cheb i Sabbah, Climbing Poetree, Fredwreck, DAM, Omar Offendum, and more… Emancipacion is the founding member of SouLovely, the first all women’s DJ crew based in Oakland, CA. She is also a resident DJ at the legendary house music weekly Brothers and Sisters alongside DJ Dedan. When Emancipacion is not busy making joy on the dancefloor and producing music, she moonlights as a sound designer and composer for film and video. (photography by Iman Al-Dabbagh) new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 5, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 300, theme: { shell: { background: '#25a897', color: '#ffffff' }, tweets: { background: '#64b8ad', color: '#ffffff', links: '#915778' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('DJEMANCIPACION').start(); “Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.” -Rumi Tumblr (3.0; @emancipacion)http://www.djemancipacion.com/<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/113684028758808/">are you ready ann arbor?</a>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/18041802951http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/18041802951Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:07:38 -0800<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz7oss2nqS1qfzv0lo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my new mix good peoples! free download just in time for valentine’s weekend</p> <p><span>Love Life Vol. 1<br/><br/>Tracklist:<br/><br/>It’s Whatever- Aaliyah <br/>Thinking About You (SBTRKT remix)- Frank Ocean <br/>Without My Heart- Full Crate <br/>Wildfire- SBTRKT <br/>Play (Los Rakas Remix)- Goapele <br/>Cherish the Day (Emancipation refix)- Sade <br/>AmorUs (MeLo-X Remix)- Jesse Boykins III <br/>Real NOW- Jhene Aiko <br/><a href="http://www.lunaangel.com">Lost- Luna Angel </a><br/>That’s the Way Love Goes- Janet Jackson <br/>Your Body- Peter Hadar <br/>Needsumluv (SXLND)- Machinedrum x Azealia Banks <br/>Black & Gold- Sam Sparro <br/>Found My Light (The Layabouts remix)- Imaani <br/>Falling (Black Coffee Remix)- Dj Kent <br/>Denouement ft. Dream Hampton- Ayomari & Tiron<br/></span></p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/17409401500http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/17409401500Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:36:00 -0800<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvte78p8xh1qc9n2jo1_r4_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Giza</p> </blockquote>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/14158603820http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/14158603820Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:11:02 -0800<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/10337519394/tumblr_lrozyyg6yx1qfzv0l&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://soundcloud.com/dj-emancipacion/sabali-amadou-mariam-dj#utm_campaign=autoshare&utm_content=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdj-emancipacion%2Fsabali-amadou-mariam-dj&utm_medium=tumblr&utm_source=soundcloud&utm_term=20110918">Sabali - Amadou & Mariam (Dj Emancipacion’s Emancipated Remix)</a> | DJ Emancipacion <br/><br/>My new remix. Whatcha think?</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/10337519394http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/10337519394Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:28:10 -0700<p>follow me on twitter cuz I’m cool like that @DJEMANCIPACION</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7793514067http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7793514067Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:47:00 -0700“what house music does to you on the dance floor… emancipacion!”http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7631879075http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7631879075Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:35:11 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lnz40i3xH51qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>design by <a target="_blank" href="http://www.cececarpio.com">cece carpio</a></p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7346910210http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/7346910210Thu, 07 Jul 2011 10:17:06 -0700“Dance, when you’re broken open. Dance, if you’ve torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting. Dance in your blood. Dance when you’re perfectly free.”<br/><br/> - <em>Rumi</em>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5904786283http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5904786283Fri, 27 May 2011 11:43:46 -0700<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llkkkvbKr71qfzv0lo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5713140205http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5713140205Sat, 21 May 2011 16:43:43 -0700<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llf3dfG9f11qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>photo by the talented iman al-dabbagh photosbyiman.com</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5622744078http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5622744078Wed, 18 May 2011 17:44:03 -0700<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llf2ktUlSC1qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>photo by Egyptian journalist/blogger Hossam el-Hamalawy</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5622138884http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5622138884Wed, 18 May 2011 17:26:53 -0700<a href="http://www.twitter.com/djemancipacion">Twitteration</a>: <p>I’m on twitter now people!</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5518710460http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5518710460Sun, 15 May 2011 12:19:16 -0700djemancipacion<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Arab-American-Feminisms-Violence-Belonging/dp/0815632231">A short story I wrote has been published in this ground-breaking anthology:</a>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5478163779http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5478163779Sat, 14 May 2011 05:49:37 -0700<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll3v9arE9u1qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>artwork of yours truly by my homegirl cece carpio, check out her work: cececarpio.com</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5433298633http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5433298633Thu, 12 May 2011 16:15:00 -0700<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/5432334562/tumblr_ll3tsooSMN1qfzv0l&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>a track i produced with egypt on my mind</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5432334562http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5432334562Thu, 12 May 2011 15:43:00 -0700dj emancipacionarabic hip hop<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/5432150658/tumblr_ll3tikgqj21qfzv0l&color=FFFFFF&logo=soundcloud" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>song for egypt #jan25</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5432150658http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5432150658Thu, 12 May 2011 15:37:00 -0700jan25<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll3sviUlZ71qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>arrived safely in cairo with this greeting me in the airport. </p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5431736834http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/5431736834Thu, 12 May 2011 15:23:42 -0700<a href="http://db.tt/i6eHgy7">http://db.tt/i6eHgy7</a>: <p>Produced by Emancipacion</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2385998537http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2385998537Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:16:56 -0800<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ldigrs5Mu01qfzv0lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Aima the Dreamer’s birthday celebration</p>http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2334479390http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2334479390Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:57:11 -0800http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2326587924http://www.djemancipacion.com/post/2326587924Wed, 15 Dec 2010 11:04:01 -0800