POLITICS AND AESTHETICS IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC (+CD)

This book is the first to explore the history of the Swedish electronic music studio EMS. EMS was established in 1964 with the inten t to create an international center for research in sound and sound perception, and to build one of the worlds most advanced hybrid studios. The principal creators of the studio were rooted in Swedish modernism, and had the EMS-project shaped in accordance to the social democratic cultural policy of the time. This enabled the project to achieve continuous financial support, e. g. to purchase a computer...[Read more]