International Blue produced by Tony Visconti

After putting music to spoken word with the help of Lou Reed and Yoko Ono, Stephen Emmer returns with a new album, produced at Avatar Studios in the Big Apple and the famous Abbey Road Studios in London, featuring some well know helpers in a tribute to the lost art en elegance of pop crooning.

With International Blue he has topped himself, creating a gorgeously atmospheric soundscape of emotional music.

Quotes

This world needs more ambitious and visionary musicians like Stephen. [Scott Bennett]

I have listened to the album and it is extraordinarily beautiful. Truly transporting. [Anthony DeCurtis]

International Blue is a gem of a record that makes you long for the time of perfectly-crafted orchestral pop music from nearly five decades ago. [New Beats Magazine]

Perfectly poised to reinvent cinematic lounge music for the 21st century. [Classic Pop Magazine]

As Classy as a gleaming vintage Rolls. [The Times]

I can hear this as the next Bond Soundtrack. [Janice Long - BBC Radio 2]

This music is simultaneously lush and ominous, panoramic and intimate. In a much better world than this one, Emmer and Visconti would be creating the next generation of James Bond movie themes. [Charles Shaar Murray]

It sets a high watermark for lushness in 2014. [Q Magazine]

International Blue is about its instantly timeless songs. [Mojo Magazine]

Luscious and beautiful [Robert Elms - BBC Radio London]

Very impressive. [Gary Kemp - Spandau Ballet]

This is great music, with great crooners, composed by the great Stephen Emmer. [Tony Visconti]

[Stephen Emmer]

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