Electro Music Specialists has been played on NTS in shows including Eclair Fifi, featured first on 9 March 2018. Songs played include Colonized, By Your Command and Gi-Ne-Tik.

Growing up programming games for the Commodore 64 computer sparked Stephen Machnowski’s interest in building his own electronics, specifically synthesizers. Based in New York City, he uses his home-built synths and drum machines for his E.M.S. project (the initials stand for Electro Music Specialist). Influenced by electric beats he heard in new wave and the electro and rap breakdancers favored, Machnowski plays a robotic style of neo-electro that caught the attention of the Satamile label.