Extra from the dvd Erkki Kurenniemi - The Dawn of Dimi DVD (2002).

Films used by courtesy of Erkki Kurenniemi and the collections Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.

The well-known compositions of Kurenniemi include pieces such as "On-Off" (1963) and "Andropodien Tanssi" (1968) which was partly released on an album of Finnish progressive psychedelic band Wigwam under the title "Dance of the Anthropoids" (Wigwam: Tombstone Valentine, 1970).

The film entitled "The Dawn of DIMI" contains the documentary, plus Kurenniemi's various short films and animations and concert footage from the early 70s. Enter the unique and futuristic world of Finnish filmmaker Mika Taanila. One of the undeniable pioneers of Finnish electronic music is Erkki Kurenniemi (b. 1941), who founded The University of Helsinki Electronic Music Studio in the early 1960's.

Erkki Kurenniemi is an internationally less-known pioneer of electronic art. He composed computer-based music and designed his own instruments as early as the 1960s. His career embraces music, film, computers and robotics with natural ease. Kurenniemi records his thoughts, everyday observations, images and objects constantly and obsessively. All this in an effort to combine man and machine - to reconstruct the soul of man.

Erkki Kurenniemi (1941-2017) was a Finnish media art pioneer, futurologist and an inventor of electronic instruments. Harvinainen tilaisuus ensi keskiviikkona Helsingissä 2. 0 kuulla Kurenniemen M. A. Nummiselle suunnittelemaan Sähkökvartettia.

Erkki Kurenniemi - Antropoidien tanssi (Love Records, 1968). Erkki Kurenniemi DIMI Ballet (Dimi O showcase & performance. Circle with Erkki Kurenniemi - Kello 1. 2. Erkki Kurenniemi best albums.

Designed as a hub for electronic music studios, DIMI-6000 featured a computer-controlled analog sound synthesis circuitry and a modular design. Despite its innovative design, only two units were built, one for Finland's national broadcasting company YLE and the other for Swedish composer Ralph Lundsten.