🚀 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 pionnière indĂ©niable et avant-gardiste de la musique Ă©lectronique, mĂ©ritant Ă juste titre des surnoms tels que la « Diva de la Diode » et la « première hĂ©roĂŻne fĂ©minine du synthĂ© en AmĂ©rique », ayant naviguĂ© avec brio dans une industrie Ă prĂ©dominance masculine depuis la fin des annĂ©es 1960. Après avoir Ă©tudiĂ© la composition Ă l'UC Berkeley et avoir Ă©tĂ© profondĂ©ment influencĂ©e par le compositeur Max Matthews et le concepteur de synthĂ©tiseurs Don Buchla, Ciani est devenue l'une des praticiennes les plus prĂ©coces et les plus Ă©loquentes du synthĂ©tiseur modulaire Buchla, attirĂ©e par son interface intuitive et sans clavier qui offrait une Ă©chappatoire aux structures rigides de la musique classique. Sa dĂ©votion au Buchla, qu'elle appelait affectueusement son « petit ami », est devenue le fondement de son son expĂ©rimental de la CĂ´te Ouest, lui permettant de crĂ©er des compositions quadraphoniques autonomes et complexes. Face Ă la rĂ©sistance des maisons de disques peu disposĂ©es Ă promouvoir une instrumentiste fĂ©minine, Ciani a intelligemment exploitĂ© le monde commercial, crĂ©ant sa propre sociĂ©tĂ©, Ciani/Musica, Inc., Ă New York dans les annĂ©es 1970, qui est devenue une plaque tournante pour le branding sonore rĂ©volutionnaire. Sa contribution la plus omniprĂ©sente et emblĂ©matique Ă la conception sonore reste le lĂ©gendaire son de « pop et versement » pour Coca-Cola, un effet Ă©lectronique pĂ©tillant et bouillonnant qu'elle a créé en quelques minutes sur son Buchla, ainsi que des sons de logos pour des entreprises comme Energizer et Atari. Ce succès commercial lui a fourni l'indĂ©pendance financière nĂ©cessaire pour produire elle-mĂŞme ses albums solo, Ă commencer par le très influent Seven Waves (1982), qui a contribuĂ© Ă dĂ©finir le genre naissant du New Age avec ses paysages sonores ambiants et immersifs mariant les textures Ă©lectroniques au rythme de l'ocĂ©an. Suite Ă la difficultĂ© d'entretenir le fragile Buchla, elle est passĂ©e Ă la composition au piano tout au long des annĂ©es 1980 et 1990, obtenant cinq nominations aux Grammy Awards dans la catĂ©gorie Meilleur Album New Age, avant de connaĂ®tre une remarquable renaissance de carrière ces dernières annĂ©es, revenant Ă des concerts en direct, très visuels, de synthĂ©tiseurs modulaires qui prĂ©sentent son cher Buchla et des systèmes de son quadraphonique, cimentant son hĂ©ritage en tant que compositrice innovante et symbole durable de l'indĂ©pendance crĂ©ative pour les musiciens Ă©lectroniques du monde entier.
