Format
- FKR053CDCD £10.00
Suzanne Ciani
Lixiviation
Lixiviation - a retrospective of unreleased material from electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani.
Lixiviation is a compilation of unearthed gems from one of electronic music's earliest innovators. Spanning nearly two decades from 1968-1985 the 16-track album celebrates Ciani's formative years as a musician as it showcases her early synth compositions alongside her cutting edge commercial work for such companies as Atari, PBS, Ballys and Coca-cola. Lixiviation comes as the result of a new creative archive based relationship between B-Music/Finders Keepers Records and Suzanne Ciani.
Ciani's detailed and academic approach to music and electronics coupled with an impeccable sense of timing and melody (and a good sense of humor) shines throughout this new collection of previously unreleased recordings. Lixiviation compiles and re-contextualizes both secret music and commercial experiments of Ciani made for microcosmic time slots and never previously documented on vinyl or CD.
The album oscillates between Ciani's early experimental electronic compositions and a variety of commercial works. There's her famous "Pop & Pour" for Coca-Cola, scores for ITT and Almay commercials, and the Atari video games logo and corporate tag. There's also the Kraftwerk-esque TV spot for Atari's "Liberator." Interspersed through the compilation is a variety of ultra rare synth experiments, ranging from the otherworldly hums and arpeggiated synth lines of title track "Lixiviation" to the bubbling dreamscape of "Princess with Orange Feet" and the nine-minute ambient finale of "Second Breath."
Tracklist
1. Lixiviation
2. Atari Video Games Logo
3. "Clean Room" ITT TV Spot
4. Almay "Eclipse" TV Spot
5. Paris 1971
6. Sound of a Dream Kissing
7. Atari Corporate Tag
8. Princess With Orange Feet
9. "Pop & Pour" Coca-Cola Logo
10. "Discover Magazine" TV Spot
11. Live Buchla Concert 1975
12. "Inside Story" PBS TV Spot
13. "Liberator" Atari TV Spot
14. Eighth Wave
15. Sound of Wetness
16. Second Breath