Name: Lixiviation
Brand: Suzanne Ciani

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fkr053cd

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Limited edition

Release date

2012-02-13

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PIAS

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Suzanne Ciani

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Electronic

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Suzanne Ciani is an acclaimed artist known for her groundbreaking work in electronic music. Born in Indiana‎, she discovered her passion for music at a young age and taught herself to play the piano and read sheet music. During her time at Wellseley College, Suzanne explored both performance and composition while also developing a fascination with technology.

Her studies led her to meet influential figures in electronic music, including John Chowning, Max Matthews, and Don Buchla. Suzanne became captivated by synthesizers and spent years experimenting with these machines to create unique compositions. However, as the industry shifted towards simpler instruments that replicated traditional sounds, Suzanne returned to classical instrumentation.

This shift resulted in Grammy-nominated albums such as "Dream Suite," which showcased her mastery of piano and orchestra arrangements. Her commitment to blending classical elements with electronic influences can be heard in works like "Pianissimo II" and "Turning." Suzanne's innovative approach has solidified her status as a pioneering artist within the realm of electronic music.

the american delia derbyshire of the atari generation. with a sonic portfolio that boasts commissions for the xenon classic pinball machine, the sounds for the meco star wars theme, the atari tv commercials and the electronic sound effects in the original 'stepford wives' film (amongst many others), the mutant electronic music cv of suzanne ciani is proof that in a 1970s commercial world of boys' toys, monopolised by a male dominated media industry, a woman's touch was the essential secret ingredient to successful sonic seduction. cutting her teeth providing self-initiated electronic music projects for art galleries, experimental film directors, pop record producers and proto-video nasties suzanne soon located to new york where she quickly became the first point of call for electronic music services in both the underground experimental fields and the commercial advertising worlds alike. counting names like vangelis and harald bode amongst her close friends suzanne and her ciani musica company became the testing ground for virtually any type of new developments in electronic and computerized music amassing an expansive vault of commercially unexposed electronic experiments which have remained untouched for over 30 years... until now. suzanne ciani's detailed and academic approach to music and electronics, coupled with an impeccable sense of timing and melody (and a good sense of humour), shines throughout this new collection of previously unreleased recordings. 'lixiviation' complies and recontextualises both secret music and commercial experiments of suzanne ciani made for microcosmic time slots and never previously documented on vinyl or cd. this is the first sneak peek of the early ciani metal music and non-pop that later went on see her nominated for multiple grammy awards for her later achievements which brought synthesiser music to the new age movement. available for the first time ever on cd and vinyl - this is the first in an ongoing series of suzanne ciani releases which will establish her in the consciousness the record buying public in the same way she is revered behind the scenes.

Lixiviation

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