As a keyboardist he was engaged to accompany the Beach Boys on the Hammond organ, and also to play keyboards for David Bowie.

In 1981 released their debut album, Cristallin influenced primarily by Maurice Ravel and in 1983 he bought the Fairlight CMI-2 and composed the "Big Brother Suite", inspired by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four book.

[4] In 1989, Starink co-operated with Arcade Records, and released an estimated of 30 albums of which his best known series is Synthesizer Greatest,[2] which succeeded mainly in the European market.

In 1991, Ed remixed his older analog recordings in his new digital studio for the "Retrospection" album.

Also he composed the main theme for the Dutch comedy film "De Zeemeerman" (1996).