On Galactic Travels, the Special Focus for August is Gert Emmens.
Gert Emmens of The Netherlands composes music in a style which is somewhere between retro Electronic Music (Berlin School) and symfo. His influences include Tangerine Dream, Ashra, Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, Genesis, Manfred Mann, Wally Badarou, Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Richard Barbieri. Emmens has released many solo albums and collaborations with Ruud Heij.