STEPHEN EMMER feat. lou reed, kazu makino, ken nordine, sylvia kristel, allen ginsberg, richard burton, alessandro baricco,yoko ono, samuel beckett, kurt schwitters,mike garson, shyrock, ben herman, popduo bauer, sacha de boer& tony visconti.
Label
Supertracks Records
Influences
gainsbourg, piccioni, air, beach boys, shuggie otis, shawn lee, ennio morricone, divine comedy, lo borges, bjork, mono, edu lobo, todd rundgren, sly stone, cousteau, matmo, takemitsu, milhaud, the associates, orpheus, blonde redhead, francois de roubaix, george martin, flaming lips, association, dears, arcade fire, michel legrand, cornelius, sakamoto, kraftwerk, stereolab, david bowie, robert wyatt, ravel, debussy, satie, heitor villa lobos, tom jobim, milton nascimento, sparks, pharrell, bacharach, nick drake, super furry animals, bruch, exotica, interpol, john barry, joy division, high lamas, paul steel, wrecking crew, nino rota, miles davis, arthur lee's love, matisse, raul dufy, pulp, john barry, richard carpenter, edda dell'orso, wanda del sei, lani hall, icicle works, elis regina, edward albee, graham greene, francis coppola, rotary connection, perry blake, clare fischer, sebastian tellier, jan akkerman, nelson riddle, massive attack, beatles, richard burton, claus ogerman, ramses shaffy, steve jobs, wes anderson, sofia coppola, tim & jeff buckley, free design, exuma, arthur greenslade, scott walker, scriabin, jimi hendrix, gil evans, santana, rufus wainwright, robert heppener, orson welles, bertrand burgalat, andre popp, dick raaijmakers, robert delauney, alfred hitchcock, john cassavettes, ricky gervais, anton corbijn, anne pigalle, camille, tony visconti, brian eno, phoenix, radiohead, morrissey, lou reed, vu, scorsese, david lynch, alain whicker, peter thomas, hemingway, popduo bauer, harpers bizarre, left banke, aphrodite's child, tv on the radio and anyone else with a fuzzy logic..
Sounds Like
lou reed meets serge gainsbourg with ennio morricone for strings and air playing beatle bass and brian wilson doing some debussy chords reminiscent of ryuichi sakamoto's younger confrere cornelius imitating rufus wainwright as the singer from radiohead with bowie doing doing something trilogic.....now its your turn to tell..
Stephen Emmer is a composer/musician from Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
From experimental rock, free jazz and modern classical music to filmsoundtracks, television themes and cultural projects, he has been involved in many projects too numerous to mention in his musical life. Involved in bands such as Minny Pops, Hopper, the Associates, Lotus Eaters and Act, he made one earlier solo mini-album called Vogue Estate feat. the late Billy MacKenzie and was the first inhouse composer for the main public broadcaster NOS in the Netherlands. Here he worked with renowned orchestra's such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Netherlands Windsensemble and the Metropole Orchestra. Next to having been a radiopresenter of experimental musicprograms for other Dutch broadcasters VPRO, NPS and Concertzender and as a editor-in-chief- of the cult magazine Vinyl, he also created music for the Van Gogh Museum, the Mediamuseum and Prix de Rome.
The combination of pop music and spoken word is a unique phenomenon in music history.
The album contains 17 different compositions in 7 different languages and styles, performed, arranged and composed by Stephen Emmer.
On Recitement everything comes together: past and present, death and life, writers and singers, poems and music. Is it Spoken Word Pop? Is it a contemporary audiobook? Rap 2.0 or is it 'just' a music album? Recitement is the Music of Words.
The international press:
“Surprisingly addictive”
- Word Magazine UK
“Ever wondered how bowie’s low would have sounded if the art of noise had produced it and recruited richard burton to do the vocals?”
-UNCUT Magazine UK
“Most wanted”
Record Collector UK
“Both the intelligent words and elegant music make a refreshing change from the scrappy guitars, vacant pop and clumpsy lyrics cluttering up the charts”
-Yorkshire Evening Post UK
“Spoken word combined with original music composition never sounded so good”
-Cleardaynebraska.com
“Fans of Lou Reed will be pleased he has undertaken a project with a degree of musical integrity again..”
-Gigwise.com
“Recitement is both diverse and imaginative enough to pull even the most recalcitrant listener..”
-getreadytorock.com
“Emmer here achieves the same supersoft penetrating power of Air, yet mostly acoustic..”
-Kulturnews Germany
“A piece of musical art!”
-Lea Magazine Germany
“The man knows his craft”
-Raveline Germany
“This enormous project amounts to a stylistic masswedding...free from all rules”
-WOM Magazine Germany
'the whole album delivers a cerebral workout that is rare in art today..''
-music-news.com
'this is music which will soundtrack your dreams..'
- uk fusion
Performances by a.o.: Lou Reed, Richard Burton, Sylvia Kristel, Kurt Schwitters, Jorge Luis Borges, Sacha de Boer, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Ken Nordine, Shyrock aka Michael Parkinson & Allen Ginsberg.
Lyrics and words by a.o.: Charles Baudelaire, Samuel Beckett, Paul Theroux, Yoko Ono, Alessandro Baricco, Jorge Luis Borges,Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Remco Campert, Hugo Claus and Thomas Hardy.
wow, this is amaaaazing, really do love it!!! what an amazing concept, and you've executed it perfectly, outstanding!!! honoured to be amongst your friends, the figments...
I'm a music teacher nowadays, doing my own songs whenever there is time for that, and your material is something I could play to my students as an exampel of relaxed feelings and musical depth.
Thanks for your friendship!!! Love your music. It's different from a whole lot of stuff that we hear now. You have worked with excellent bands too ie: the Lotus Eaters or Act. Keep up the good work!!!! Sophie
