馃殌 SUZANNE CIANI [Electronic]
- SUZANNE CIANI➤Flowers Of Evil➤Flowers Of Evil➤00:00:25
- SUZANNE CIANI➤Second Breath➤Lixiviation (Ciani/Musica Inc. 1969-1985)➤00:14:34
- SUZANNE CIANI➤Deep In The Sea➤Seven Waves➤00:23:39
- THE SPACE LADY➤Radar Love➤The Space Lady's Greatest Hits➤00:30:44
- TUJIKO NORIKO➤Yuurei Kikou➤Keshou To Heitai (Make-Up And Soldier)➤00:35:30
- ULLA➤Scrubby➤Foam➤00:39:49
- DAPHNE ORAM➤Dr. Faustus Suite➤Oramics➤00:41:49
- SARAH DAVACHI➤For Piano➤All My Circles Run➤00:51:30
- CHRISTINA VANTZOU➤Pillar 1➤N°3➤01:02:23
- WENDY CARLOS➤Summer➤Sonic Seasonings➤01:05:10
- CONSTANCE DEMBY➤Bringing Down The Silence➤Attunement➤01:26:55
- SUZANNE CIANI➤Lay Down Beside Me➤Meditations For Dreams Relaxation & Sleep➤01:41:49
- KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH + SUZANNE CIANI➤Retrograde➤Sunergy➤01:50:21
✚ Suzanne Ciani stands as an undeniable, trailblazing pioneer in electronic music, justly earning monikers like the "Diva of the Diode" and "America's first female synth hero," having masterfully navigated a predominantly male industry since the late 1960s. After studying composition at UC Berkeley and being profoundly influenced by composer Max Matthews and synthesizer designer Don Buchla, Ciani became one of the Buchla modular synthesizer's earliest and most articulate practitioners, drawn to its intuitive, keyboard-less interface which offered an escape from the rigid structures of classical music. Her dedication to the Buchla, which she affectionately called her "boyfriend," became the foundation for her experimental West Coast sound, enabling her to create autonomous and complex quadraphonic compositions. Facing resistance from record labels unwilling to market a female instrumentalist, Ciani shrewdly leveraged the commercial world, establishing her own company, Ciani/Musica, Inc., in New York in the 1970s, which became a powerhouse for groundbreaking sonic branding. Her most ubiquitous and iconic contribution to sound design remains the legendary "pop and pour" sound for Coca-Cola, a fizzing, bubbling electronic effect she famously created in minutes on her Buchla, along with logo sounds for companies like Energizer and Atari. This commercial success provided the financial independence for her to eventually self-produce her solo albums, beginning with the highly influential Seven Waves (1982), which helped define the nascent New Age genre with its ambient, immersive soundscapes that married electronic textures with the rhythm of the ocean. Following the difficulty of maintaining the fragile Buchla, she transitioned to composing on piano throughout the 1980s and 1990s, earning five Grammy nominations in the Best New Age Album category, before experiencing a remarkable career renaissance in recent years, returning to performing live, highly visual modular synthesizer concerts that feature her beloved Buchla and quadraphonic sound systems, cementing her legacy as an innovative composer and an enduring symbol of creative independence for electronic musicians worldwide.
✚ Suzanne Ciani est une pionni猫re ind茅niable et avant-gardiste de la musique 茅lectronique, m茅ritant 脿 juste titre des surnoms tels que la « Diva de la Diode » et la « premi猫re h茅ro茂ne f茅minine du synth茅 en Am茅rique », ayant navigu茅 avec brio dans une industrie 脿 pr茅dominance masculine depuis la fin des ann茅es 1960. Apr猫s avoir 茅tudi茅 la composition 脿 l'UC Berkeley et avoir 茅t茅 profond茅ment influenc茅e par le compositeur Max Matthews et le concepteur de synth茅tiseurs Don Buchla, Ciani est devenue l'une des praticiennes les plus pr茅coces et les plus 茅loquentes du synth茅tiseur modulaire Buchla, attir茅e par son interface intuitive et sans clavier qui offrait une 茅chappatoire aux structures rigides de la musique classique. Sa d茅votion au Buchla, qu'elle appelait affectueusement son « petit ami », est devenue le fondement de son son exp茅rimental de la C么te Ouest, lui permettant de cr茅er des compositions quadraphoniques autonomes et complexes. Face 脿 la r茅sistance des maisons de disques peu dispos茅es 脿 promouvoir une instrumentiste f茅minine, Ciani a intelligemment exploit茅 le monde commercial, cr茅ant sa propre soci茅t茅, Ciani/Musica, Inc., 脿 New York dans les ann茅es 1970, qui est devenue une plaque tournante pour le branding sonore r茅volutionnaire. Sa contribution la plus omnipr茅sente et embl茅matique 脿 la conception sonore reste le l茅gendaire son de « pop et versement » pour Coca-Cola, un effet 茅lectronique p茅tillant et bouillonnant qu'elle a cr茅茅 en quelques minutes sur son Buchla, ainsi que des sons de logos pour des entreprises comme Energizer et Atari. Ce succ猫s commercial lui a fourni l'ind茅pendance financi猫re n茅cessaire pour produire elle-m锚me ses albums solo, 脿 commencer par le tr猫s influent Seven Waves (1982), qui a contribu茅 脿 d茅finir le genre naissant du New Age avec ses paysages sonores ambiants et immersifs mariant les textures 茅lectroniques au rythme de l'oc茅an. Suite 脿 la difficult茅 d'entretenir le fragile Buchla, elle est pass茅e 脿 la composition au piano tout au long des ann茅es 1980 et 1990, obtenant cinq nominations aux Grammy Awards dans la cat茅gorie Meilleur Album New Age, avant de conna卯tre une remarquable renaissance de carri猫re ces derni猫res ann茅es, revenant 脿 des concerts en direct, tr猫s visuels, de synth茅tiseurs modulaires qui pr茅sentent son cher Buchla et des syst猫mes de son quadraphonique, cimentant son h茅ritage en tant que compositrice innovante et symbole durable de l'ind茅pendance cr茅ative pour les musiciens 茅lectroniques du monde entier.
