1. Stephen Emmer is a Dutch composer, arranger, producer, sound designer and musician.
15 Facts About Stephen Emmer
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Best known as a composer for Dutch television and film, Emmer has released four albums as a solo artist, each with a different theme or concept.
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In 2017 Stephen Emmer released Home Ground, a neo-soul album that addresses social issues related to origin.
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Stephen Emmer is closely associated with the Dutch Ultra movement of late 1970s and early 1980s.
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Stephen Emmer was a member of Minny Pops and the Lotus Eaters, co-founded the music magazine Vinyl and hosted and produced RadioNome for Dutch broadcasting organization VPRO.
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Stephen Emmer's parents are mother Roekie Aronds, actress and ballet dancer and father Fred Emmer, an anchorman for NOS Journaal.
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In 1979, Stephen Emmer joined Minny Pops, an avant-garde post-punk band central to the Dutch Ultra movement, and co-founded Vinyl, a music magazine launched in 1981.
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The first Dutch band to do a Peel Session, Minny Pops toured the UK several times; Stephen Emmer, who had joined the band as a guitarist, performed and recorded on both guitar and bass guitar on the album "Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement".
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Stephen Emmer hosted and produced radio programs for the Dutch broadcasting organization VPRO, including Radionome, which aired experimental music and live in-studio performances.
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Stephen Emmer's music was included on Radionome compilation albums issued by VPRO.
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In 1982, Stephen Emmer recorded Vogue Estate, a soundtrack for an imaginary film.
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In 2014, again working with Visconti, Stephen Emmer released International Blue, tribute to pop crooning.
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In 2017, Stephen Emmer released Home Ground, a retro-soul album inspired by the "music-with-a-message movement of the 1970s", such as Marvin Gaye's What's Going On.
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Stephen Emmer is the founder of eStation, a media production studio.
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Stephen Emmer is the music director for Holiday on Ice, and the Cartoon Network's live show, which launched in 2018.