Stephen Emmer

[7] He was a member of Minny Pops and the Lotus Eaters,[3] co-founded the music magazine Vinyl [7] and hosted and produced RadioNome for Dutch broadcasting organization VPRO.

[13] In 1979, Emmer joined Minny Pops, an avant-garde post-punk band central to the Dutch Ultra[11] movement,[7] and co-founded Vinyl,[14] a music magazine launched in 1981.

[21] He also hosted and produced radio programs for the Dutch broadcasting organization VPRO, including Radionome, which aired experimental music and live in-studio performances.

[28] Working with producer Tony Visconti, Emmer composed music to accompany poetry and prose voiced by authors and performers for the album Recitement, released on the Dutch Supertracks label in 2007.

Its 17 tracks included texts by Yoko Ono, Allen Ginsberg, Paul Theroux, Thomas Hardy, Jorge Luis Borges, Ken Nordine, Charles Baudelaire and Samuel Beckett, voiced by Lou Reed, Richard Burton, Sylvia Kristel, Michael Parkinson and Hugo Claus among others.

[3] A collection of "lushly orchestrated tales of heartbreak", it featured vocalists Midge Ure from Ultravox, Glenn Gregory of Heaven 17, Liam McKahey of Cousteau and Neil Crossley.

"[37] A benefit album for the charity War Child featured vocalists including Chaka Khan, Leon Ware, Patti Austin, Frank McComb and Andy Bey.