Alien Bog/Beautiful Soop Label: Pogus Productions NY USA The release of Alien Bog (1967 - 33:15) and Beautiful Soop (1966 - 27:49) on this remarkable historical compact disc from Pogus Productions provides a valuable resource for composers and scholars searching for the roots of American electroacoustic creativity. For Alien Bog, Oliveros used the Buchla to synthetically evoke and amplify the natural sonic ambience of a frog pond existing outside the window of the original Mills College studios. Beautiful Soop, an interesting mix of synthesized sounds and quotes from Lewis Carroll poetry and other sources, provides an excellent example of the composer's fascination and effective experimentation with tape delay techniques and the careful placing of musical information within the stereo space. Jewel Case 1997