Emphasizer

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title: "Emphasizer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2003-albums", "garage-a-trois-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emphasizer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Emphasizer
type	studio
artist	Garage A Trois
cover	GAT_Emphasizer.jpg
released	April 22, 2003
recorded	Piety Street Recording, New Orleans, Louisiana
length	42:54
label	Tone-Cool
producer	Garage a Trois, Mike Napolitano
prev_title	Mysteryfunk
prev_year	1999
next_title	Outre Mer
next_year	2005
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| name = Emphasizer | type = studio | artist = Garage A Trois | cover = GAT_Emphasizer.jpg | alt = | released = April 22, 2003 | recorded = Piety Street Recording, New Orleans, Louisiana | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 42:54 | label = Tone-Cool | producer = Garage a Trois, Mike Napolitano | prev_title = Mysteryfunk | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Outre Mer | next_year = 2005 | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score =
|rev2=All About Jazz|rev2Score=(not rated)}} Emphasizer is the first full length studio album by Garage A Trois released in 2003.

Track listing

1. "Hard Headed Rio AKA Rio Cuca Dura" - 4:14
2. "Sprung Monkey" - 4:39
3. "Plena for My Grundle" - 3:40
4. "A-Frame" - 3:56
5. "We See" - 3:53
6. "Interpretive Ape Dance" - 6:16
7. "Launch" - 5:02
8. "GAT Swamba" - 3:04
9. "Delta Skelta" - 5:18
10. "House of Hand Wash" - 2:51 Earlier albums have a different ordering with Gat Swamba on track 1, Sprung Monkey on track 6, and Interpretive Ape Dance on track 8.

Personnel

• Mike Dillon: percussion, vibraphone, marimba, congas, tabla, timbales, gong, bells, cuica, effects
• Charlie Hunter: 8 string guitar, pandeiro
• Stanton Moore: drums and cymbals
• Skerik: tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, suona double reed horn, drum, cracklebox, analog synth, effects, distortion, marimba

References

References

1. Westergaard, Sean [{{AllMusic
2. Mark Corroto [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=11742 ''Emphasizer''] allaboutjazz.com, May 7, 2003
3. Nils Jacobson [http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=12563 ''Emphasizer''] allaboutjazz.com, November 2, 2003
4. liner notes

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