Marcel Weltak was a staff member of the Stichting Wetenschappelijke Informatie (Foundation for Scholarly Information) and of the daily newspapers De West and De Ware Tijd. He was also editor of Adek and arts correspondent for the Dutch daily newspapers De Waarheid and de Volkskrant. Besides publishing the first edition of Surinaamse muziek in Nederland en Suriname in 1990, he has written articles in various music and cultural magazines.
