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1. FLOWERS OF EVIL - BASED ON THE POEM ELEVATION BY CHARLES BAUDELAIRE
2. GLASS HOUSES |
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| | Description: | Flowers Of Evil by Suzanne Ciani, released 7 June 2019.
This version of Flowers Of Evil comes as a 1xLP.
The vinyl is pressed as a opaque disc. - As a genuine vanguard of electronic music composition at the forefront of the modular synthesizer revolution in the late 1960s, Suzanne Ciani's forward-thinking approach to new music would rarely look to the past for inspiration, which makes this unheard composition from 1969 a rare exception to the collective futurist vision of Ciani and synthesizer designer Don Buchla. In choosing to adapt the controversial prose of French poet Charles Baudelaire, Suzanne would join the ranks of ongoing generations of pioneering musicians like Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Serge Gainsbourg, Etron Fou Leloublan, Celtic Frost, and Marc Almond (not forgetting Star Trek's William Shatner!), all equally inspired by the 19th century writer's works of "modernité" (modernity), a self-coined term dedicated to capturing the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis, best exemplified in Les Fleurs du mal (Flowers Of Evil). In her varied career that would combine art gallery installations, major film soundtrackings, and commissions for Atari, Suzanne Ciani's earliest experiments remain some of her most challenging, beguiling, and timeless. Flowers Of Evil ticks all the above boxes and flicks switches that would power-up a new uncharted universe of her own musical modernité. For the many enthusiasts that have already drawn the parallels between Baudelaire's writings and experimental/electronic music (a relationship rivalled only by the likes of J. G. Ballard and Aldous Huxley) some might instantly recognize an unconscious sistership between this recording and another 1969 electronic adaptation of Flowers Of Evil by celebrated female electronic composer Ruth White. An interesting distinction of White's excellent version of Flowers Of Evil (released via Limelight records) is that it's dark tone generation and vocal manipulation was created with a Moog synthesizer, the commercially triumphant rival to Suzanne and Don's Buchla Systems. The fact that Ciani's version was never intended for commercial release is also poetically reflective of the nature of Ciani and Buchla's alternative perspective. The choice to present this extract from Flowers Of Evil in it's intended French language further distances Ciani's faithful reaction from some of it's better-known variations. Having attempted to voice the poem herself, the multilingual Italian-American composer's French accent did not meet her own standards, resulting in the request for a fellow unnamed French student who lived on campus at Mills College in Oakland to accurately verbalize the section of Baudelaire's collection entitled Élévation.Music for the Buchla synthesizer and voice based on the poem Élévation by [a=Charles Baudelaire]."Flowers Of Evil" is a captivating Vinyl Maxi release by the pioneering electronic composer Suzanne Ciani, brought to you by Finders Keepers. This record showcases Ciani?s innovative approach to sound design and synthesizer music, blending ethereal melodies with experimental textures that have defined her career since the 1970s. Known for her groundbreaking work in electronic music and sound effects, Suzanne Ciani has received five Grammy nominations and was inducted into the Electronic Music Hall of Fame. Her influence spans decades, inspiring generations of musicians across genres. The label behind this release, Finders Keepers, is renowned for unearthing rare gems from global musical history?specializing in reissues that celebrate unique artistry and cultural significance. | | | Manufacturer No.: |
FKR099LP |
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