The Polish Ambassador

The Polish Ambassador
Live Show 3/19/2010 @ Rickshaw Stop SF
Background information
Origin	Oakland, CA
Genres	Electronic, Electropop
Years active	2005–present
Website	thepolishambassador.com

Members	David Sugalski

David Sugalski as the "The Polish Ambassador" at a live show held in Rotture, Portland.

The Polish Ambassador, real name David Sugalski, is an American electronic musician and disc jockey from Oakland, California.^[1] Sugalski began tinkering with music production while earning a Marketing degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. In 2005 he released his first album, Diplomatic Immunity, a collection of 8- and 16-bit funk / electro anthems, which gained a surprising amount of fan support. After he released two more albums, he attracted the attention of a Microsoft-funded video game developer. The developer hired Sugalski to do the soundtrack for a game, which allowed him to focus on music full-time.^[2]

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.^[3]

Sugalski regularly tours the United States performing solo and with other electronic music contemporaries.^[4] Sugalski is a multi genre musician, producing styles including electro, breaks, hip-hop, dub, funk, chiptune, and glitchy IDM.^[5] Sugalski uses live sound mixing, using computers and midi instruments to produce album tracks differently at every live performance.^[3]

The Polish Ambassador's latest album, Pushing Through the Pavement, was released in June 2014.^[6]

For most Polish Ambassador shows, Sugalski wears a neon-colored jumpsuit^[7] that he purchased in a Chicago thrift store for $3.99.^[8] He uses Ableton Live and Sonar to produce his music. He is signed to Jumpsuit Records.

Permaculture Action Tour

Pushing Through the Pavement: A Permaculture Action Tour (Sept. 30th - Nov. 8th, 2014) is a nationwide tour that seeks "to inspire and empower people with the tools and know how of co-creating a sustainable and regenerative world."^[9] A crowd-funded campaign was set up two months prior to the tour on Indiegogo, where the financial goal was surpassed. Sugalski says that the goal of the project is to merge sustainability and celebration. To do this, The Polish Ambassador and his crew of musicians, permaculture experts, and dedicated fans gather at a venue on the night of each tour date for a TPA performance. The fans are then invited to join the TPA crew at a local site for the "action day," which generally takes place the day after the show. There, they indulge in hands-on work that promotes environmental awareness and eco-friendly behaviors. Examples of some of these projects include expanding community gardens, creating rainwater catcher systems, and building solar ovens. With 31 tour dates and 26 action days, the tour covers much ground in the permaculture effort.

Discography

As The Polish Ambassador

Diplomatic Immunity was released in 2007 on compact disc format.
The Phantasmal Farm, was released as a digital download in 2007.^[10]
I Found Him Now I Must Kill Him was released in 2008.
First Words was released in October 2010.^[11]
Homeboys in Outerspace: Episode I was released in 2011
Future, Sex, Computers was released in April 2011
Future, Sex, Computers (Remixes & B-Sides) was released in September 2011
Homeboys in Outerspace: Episode II was released March 6, 2012
Superpowers was released August 2012
Ecozoic was released March 2013
Polish Ambassador Text Tones was released in April 2013
Pushing Through The Pavement was released in June 2014

The Polish Ambassador

Permaculture Action Tour

Discography

As The Polish Ambassador

As Ample Mammal

With Wildlight

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