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Elektronmusikstudion EMS in Stockholm is one of the world\u2019s oldest and most prominent centres for electronic music and sound art. This is the story of a utopian vision of the future, new technology that will save the world, and a major national initiative in electronic music.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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New music for a new era\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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It was the year 1964 and the future was looking bright. A solution had been found to the problems facing humankind, and that solution lay in nuclear and computer processing power. A better, more peaceful and more beautiful world could now be built. In the early days, computers were known as \u201celectronic brains\u201d. Not only could they perform calculations and sort data, but they could also be used to create art \u2013 a new kind of music, fit for a new era.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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The most modern country in the world\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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In Stockholm, the public-service broadcaster Sveriges Radio invested millions of kronor in an advanced computer-based studio for electroacoustic music and sound art. This facility \u2013 called Elektronmusikstudion or EMS \u2013 was set up under the guidance of composer Knut Wiggen and Stockholm soon became a hub for Europe\u2019s new radical art and music scene.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Aktuellt: \u201cCan you really call it beautiful?\u201d\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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Gary Engman, a reporter for the Swedish news programme Aktuellt, interviewed Knut Wiggen in 1963 (watch video<\/a>)
Watch more videos from the early days of EMS.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Welcome to the studio\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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EMS has attracted artists and composers from around the world for 60 years. The studio has been operating 24 hours a day and all year round ever since the start. These days, it is used to produce everything from chamber music to niche experimental club music. Now we are inviting visitors to come and see this legendary place for themselves.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Analogue recording technology and cutting-edge synthesisers\u00a0<\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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Explore parts of the original EMS and get an insight into today\u2019s high-tech studio with the help of virtual reality. Use an oscillator to create your own sounds and enjoy seeing the 200 or more objects on display \u2013 including the EMS\u2019 first computer, a voice changing device made from a toaster and, perhaps best of all, the world-famous Buchla electronic music system.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Transition and conflict\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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With the help of audio stations, videos, images and press cuttings, we will guide you though the 1960s, a decade characterised by pioneering spirit, optimism and belief in the future. Follow us as we journey into the troubled times of the 1970s, when tensions degenerated into public brawls and bloodshed, and onwards into the new beginnings of the 1980s, when a new purpose-built studio facility was established on S\u00f6der M\u00e4larstrand in Stockholm. This is where EMS has cemented its place on the world map of electronic music.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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Artists involved\u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n
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Come and discover works by over 30 artists with links to EMS. The exhibition also features a new installation by sound artist Hanna Hartman.<\/p>\n<\/external-link-icon><\/div>\n\n

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\u2022 Tarek Atoui
\n\u2022 Caterina Barbieri
\n\u2022 Karl-Birger Blomdahl
\n\u2022 Lars-Gunnar Bodin
\n\u2022 Nadine Byrne
\n\u2022 Viking Eggeling
\n\u2022 Bj\u00f6rn Elisson
\n\u2022 Marcus Fjellstr\u00f6m
\n\u2022 Ferenc F\u00fczeskuti
\n\u2022 Amanda Glans
\n\u2022 The Sons of God (Leif Elggren and Kent Tankred)
\n\u2022 Sten Hanson
\n\u2022 Hanna Hartman
\n\u2022 \u00c5ke Hodell
\n\u2022 Maria W Horn
\n\u2022 Ofelia Jarl Ortega
\n\u2022 Per Jonsson
\n\u2022 Daniel M Karlsson
\n\u2022 Erkki Kurenniemi
\n\u2022 Patsy Lassbo
\n\u2022 Ida Lund\u00e9n
\n\u2022 Ralph Lundsten
\n\u2022 Mikl\u00f3s Maros
\n\u2022 Lise-Lotte Norelius
\n\u2022 Mattias Petersson
\n\u2022 Akoz Rozmann
\n\u2022 R\u00e4serbyr\u00e5n (Katarina Eriksson, Per Sackl\u00e9n and H\u00e5kan Mayer)
\n\u2022 Liv Strand
\n\u2022 Jenny Sunesson
\n\u2022 Jonas S\u00f6derberg
\n\u2022 Knut S\u00f6nstevold
\n\u2022 P\u00e4r Th\u00f6rn
\n\u2022 Tamas Ungvary
\n\u2022 Knut Wiggen
\n\u2022 Ulla Wiggen
\n\u2022 Lars \u00c5kerlund
\n\u2022 Sonja \u00c5kesson
\n\u2022 Savannah Agger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/details>\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1005","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nElektronmusikstudion EMS \u2013 art, technology and politics - Elektronmusikstudion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/elektronmusikstudion.se\/nyheter\/ems-60-ar-elektronmusikstudion-konst-teknik-och-politik\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elektronmusikstudion EMS \u2013 art, technology and politics - Elektronmusikstudion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Elektronmusikstudion EMS in Stockholm is one of the world\u2019s oldest and most prominent centres for electronic music and sound art. 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