The Polish Ambassador
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The Polish Ambassador, real name David Sugalski, is an American electronic musician
and DJ from Oakland, California.Sugalski began tinkering with production while earning a Marketing Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in 2005, he put out his first DIY release Diplomatic Immunity, a collection of 8 and 16bit funk/electro anthems. The record gained a surprising amount of fan support from the get go. From there he cranked out a couple more albums, getting the attention of a Microsoft funded video game developer. They hired Sugalski to do the soundtrack for a game, which allowed him to focus on music full time. Sugalski also performs as Ample Mammal, a musical side project of The Polish Ambassador. As The Polish Ambassador, Sugalski produces upbeat electronic dance music with layered melodies; under his Ample Mammal pseudonym he uses fewer layered melodies, instead using heavily processed drum tracks. Sugalski wanted to distinguish between the two personae in order to produce two differing styles of music.
Sugalski regularly tours the United States performing solo and with other electronic music contemporaries.
Sugalski is a multi genre musician, producing styles including
electro, breaks, hip-hop, dub, funk, chiptune, and glitchy IDM. Sugalski uses live sound mixing
, using computers and midi instruments to produce album tracks differently at every live performance.
The Polish Ambassador's latest album, Future, Sex, Computers was released in April 2011. He followed this release with Future, Sex, Computers (Remixes & B-Sides) in September 2011.
For most Polish Ambassador shows, Sugalski wears a neon-colored jumpsuit.He found the jumpsuit in a thrift store in Chicago and bought it for $3.99-it's been with him ever since.
He uses Ableton Live
and Sonar
to produce his music. He is signed to 1320 Records.
Electronic musician
An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers....
and DJ from Oakland, California.Sugalski began tinkering with production while earning a Marketing Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and in 2005, he put out his first DIY release Diplomatic Immunity, a collection of 8 and 16bit funk/electro anthems. The record gained a surprising amount of fan support from the get go. From there he cranked out a couple more albums, getting the attention of a Microsoft funded video game developer. They hired Sugalski to do the soundtrack for a game, which allowed him to focus on music full time. Sugalski also performs as Ample Mammal, a musical side project of The Polish Ambassador. As The Polish Ambassador, Sugalski produces upbeat electronic dance music with layered melodies; under his Ample Mammal pseudonym he uses fewer layered melodies, instead using heavily processed drum tracks. Sugalski wanted to distinguish between the two personae in order to produce two differing styles of music.
Sugalski regularly tours the United States performing solo and with other electronic music contemporaries.
Sugalski is a multi genre musician, producing styles including
electro, breaks, hip-hop, dub, funk, chiptune, and glitchy IDM. Sugalski uses live sound mixing
Live sound mixing
Live sound mixing is the art of combining and processing a number of audio signals together to create a "mix" that the audience or performers at a live show hear. There can be a variety of different mixes required, depending on the performance requirements...
, using computers and midi instruments to produce album tracks differently at every live performance.
The Polish Ambassador's latest album, Future, Sex, Computers was released in April 2011. He followed this release with Future, Sex, Computers (Remixes & B-Sides) in September 2011.
For most Polish Ambassador shows, Sugalski wears a neon-colored jumpsuit.He found the jumpsuit in a thrift store in Chicago and bought it for $3.99-it's been with him ever since.
He uses Ableton Live
Ableton Live
Ableton Live is a loop-based software music sequencer and DAW for Mac OS and Windows by Ableton. The latest major release of Live, Version 8, was released in April 2009. In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for...
and Sonar
Cakewalk Sonar
Cakewalk SONAR is a digital audio workstation made by Cakewalk for recording, editing, mixing, mastering and outputting audio. The latest versions of the software are SONAR Home Studio 7, SONAR Home Studio 7 XL, SONAR X1 Producer Edition, SONAR X1 Studio Edition, SONAR X1 Essential Edition, and...
to produce his music. He is signed to 1320 Records.
Discography
- Diplomatic Immunity was released in 2007 on compact discCompact DiscThe Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
format. - The Phantasmal Farm, was released as a digital download in 2007.
- I Found Him Now I Must Kill Him was released in 2008.
- First Words was released October First, 2010.
- Future, Sex, Computers was released in April 2011
- Future, Sex, Computers (Remixes & B-Sides) was released in September 2011