Elektron Musik Studion, Dokumentation 1 4 CP 140, 141

Issued privately by Stockholms Elektron Musik Studion (EMS) between 1966 1973, the four Dokumentation LPs were something of a seasonal report card of the studios charter output, internally issuing key early works. Composers Ralph Lundsten Leo Nilsen whose sidelength Aloha Arita Kalejdoskop have only been issued in severely excerpted form in the interim, KarlBirger Blomdahl, Bengt Emil Johnson, Jan W. Morthenson, Arne Mellnäs, LarsGunnar Bodin, and SvenErik Bäck all completed their first electroacoustic pieces in the studio between 1965 1973 all of which are represented here in their embryonic state. While some of this material has shown up in revised or reworked form over the years via a stream of compilations overviews, its extremely interesting to see hear it all in its original iteration, in a manner devoid of rampant historical revisionism favoritism in a stark, appealing manner.