Improvisation On Four Sequences (Live at Week-End Fest)
Suzanne Ciani
Improvisation On Four Sequences (Live at Week-End Fest)
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Captured at Cologne's Week-End Fest in 2021, 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' is succinct, cosmic performance from the great Suzanne Ciani that mutates from twisted, psychedelic synth arpeggios into demented artificial vocal experimentation.
At this late stage in her career, Ciani doesn't have anything left to prove. She's not only been responsible for some of the greatest synthesizer music ever produced, but she often did it first, shaping and developing techniques that have been pored over for decades. Her recent shows have provided a way for her to connect with an audience that mostly missed her innovations the first time around, and on 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' she gives a brief lap of honor, coolly displaying some of the magic we got to grips with on legendary albums like 'Seven Waves' and the flawless 'Buchla Concerts 1975'.
Beginning with crashing waves and birdsong (Ciani famously lives on the California coast), a brassy, analog drone slices through the white noise, slowly animating itself with on-the-fly sequences that snowball into complexity. The accompanying press release describes the music as "spectacular precisely because it is so unexciting," but we'd disagree. Ciani never lets anything drag on for too long, tweaking her patches obsessively and regularly disrupting the rhythm and tone. By the end of the first side we've been handed a succinct summary of her early career, tracking through wavering minimalism and intoxicating kosmische soundscapes.
The flip is where things get more energetic, shifting seamlessly from ghostly gurgles and stargazing blips into enchanting pockets of rhythmic synth tones. Ciani remodels these wasp-y stings until they're almost drums, adding proggy pads before she lurches into the final act - a percussive experiment that matches rattling snare sounds with artificial alien vocalizations. It's so unexpected and spirited that the audience immediately erupts into applause a good few minutes before the piece draws to a close. Fantastic stuff from one of electronic music's true greats.
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Captured at Cologne's Week-End Fest in 2021, 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' is succinct, cosmic performance from the great Suzanne Ciani that mutates from twisted, psychedelic synth arpeggios into demented artificial vocal experimentation.
At this late stage in her career, Ciani doesn't have anything left to prove. She's not only been responsible for some of the greatest synthesizer music ever produced, but she often did it first, shaping and developing techniques that have been pored over for decades. Her recent shows have provided a way for her to connect with an audience that mostly missed her innovations the first time around, and on 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' she gives a brief lap of honor, coolly displaying some of the magic we got to grips with on legendary albums like 'Seven Waves' and the flawless 'Buchla Concerts 1975'.
Beginning with crashing waves and birdsong (Ciani famously lives on the California coast), a brassy, analog drone slices through the white noise, slowly animating itself with on-the-fly sequences that snowball into complexity. The accompanying press release describes the music as "spectacular precisely because it is so unexciting," but we'd disagree. Ciani never lets anything drag on for too long, tweaking her patches obsessively and regularly disrupting the rhythm and tone. By the end of the first side we've been handed a succinct summary of her early career, tracking through wavering minimalism and intoxicating kosmische soundscapes.
The flip is where things get more energetic, shifting seamlessly from ghostly gurgles and stargazing blips into enchanting pockets of rhythmic synth tones. Ciani remodels these wasp-y stings until they're almost drums, adding proggy pads before she lurches into the final act - a percussive experiment that matches rattling snare sounds with artificial alien vocalizations. It's so unexpected and spirited that the audience immediately erupts into applause a good few minutes before the piece draws to a close. Fantastic stuff from one of electronic music's true greats.
Boomkat Product Review:
Captured at Cologne's Week-End Fest in 2021, 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' is succinct, cosmic performance from the great Suzanne Ciani that mutates from twisted, psychedelic synth arpeggios into demented artificial vocal experimentation.
At this late stage in her career, Ciani doesn't have anything left to prove. She's not only been responsible for some of the greatest synthesizer music ever produced, but she often did it first, shaping and developing techniques that have been pored over for decades. Her recent shows have provided a way for her to connect with an audience that mostly missed her innovations the first time around, and on 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' she gives a brief lap of honor, coolly displaying some of the magic we got to grips with on legendary albums like 'Seven Waves' and the flawless 'Buchla Concerts 1975'.
Beginning with crashing waves and birdsong (Ciani famously lives on the California coast), a brassy, analog drone slices through the white noise, slowly animating itself with on-the-fly sequences that snowball into complexity. The accompanying press release describes the music as "spectacular precisely because it is so unexciting," but we'd disagree. Ciani never lets anything drag on for too long, tweaking her patches obsessively and regularly disrupting the rhythm and tone. By the end of the first side we've been handed a succinct summary of her early career, tracking through wavering minimalism and intoxicating kosmische soundscapes.
The flip is where things get more energetic, shifting seamlessly from ghostly gurgles and stargazing blips into enchanting pockets of rhythmic synth tones. Ciani remodels these wasp-y stings until they're almost drums, adding proggy pads before she lurches into the final act - a percussive experiment that matches rattling snare sounds with artificial alien vocalizations. It's so unexpected and spirited that the audience immediately erupts into applause a good few minutes before the piece draws to a close. Fantastic stuff from one of electronic music's true greats.
Boomkat Product Review:
Captured at Cologne's Week-End Fest in 2021, 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' is succinct, cosmic performance from the great Suzanne Ciani that mutates from twisted, psychedelic synth arpeggios into demented artificial vocal experimentation.
At this late stage in her career, Ciani doesn't have anything left to prove. She's not only been responsible for some of the greatest synthesizer music ever produced, but she often did it first, shaping and developing techniques that have been pored over for decades. Her recent shows have provided a way for her to connect with an audience that mostly missed her innovations the first time around, and on 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' she gives a brief lap of honor, coolly displaying some of the magic we got to grips with on legendary albums like 'Seven Waves' and the flawless 'Buchla Concerts 1975'.
Beginning with crashing waves and birdsong (Ciani famously lives on the California coast), a brassy, analog drone slices through the white noise, slowly animating itself with on-the-fly sequences that snowball into complexity. The accompanying press release describes the music as "spectacular precisely because it is so unexciting," but we'd disagree. Ciani never lets anything drag on for too long, tweaking her patches obsessively and regularly disrupting the rhythm and tone. By the end of the first side we've been handed a succinct summary of her early career, tracking through wavering minimalism and intoxicating kosmische soundscapes.
The flip is where things get more energetic, shifting seamlessly from ghostly gurgles and stargazing blips into enchanting pockets of rhythmic synth tones. Ciani remodels these wasp-y stings until they're almost drums, adding proggy pads before she lurches into the final act - a percussive experiment that matches rattling snare sounds with artificial alien vocalizations. It's so unexpected and spirited that the audience immediately erupts into applause a good few minutes before the piece draws to a close. Fantastic stuff from one of electronic music's true greats.
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Boomkat Product Review:
Captured at Cologne's Week-End Fest in 2021, 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' is succinct, cosmic performance from the great Suzanne Ciani that mutates from twisted, psychedelic synth arpeggios into demented artificial vocal experimentation.
At this late stage in her career, Ciani doesn't have anything left to prove. She's not only been responsible for some of the greatest synthesizer music ever produced, but she often did it first, shaping and developing techniques that have been pored over for decades. Her recent shows have provided a way for her to connect with an audience that mostly missed her innovations the first time around, and on 'Improvisation On Four Sequences' she gives a brief lap of honor, coolly displaying some of the magic we got to grips with on legendary albums like 'Seven Waves' and the flawless 'Buchla Concerts 1975'.
Beginning with crashing waves and birdsong (Ciani famously lives on the California coast), a brassy, analog drone slices through the white noise, slowly animating itself with on-the-fly sequences that snowball into complexity. The accompanying press release describes the music as "spectacular precisely because it is so unexciting," but we'd disagree. Ciani never lets anything drag on for too long, tweaking her patches obsessively and regularly disrupting the rhythm and tone. By the end of the first side we've been handed a succinct summary of her early career, tracking through wavering minimalism and intoxicating kosmische soundscapes.
The flip is where things get more energetic, shifting seamlessly from ghostly gurgles and stargazing blips into enchanting pockets of rhythmic synth tones. Ciani remodels these wasp-y stings until they're almost drums, adding proggy pads before she lurches into the final act - a percussive experiment that matches rattling snare sounds with artificial alien vocalizations. It's so unexpected and spirited that the audience immediately erupts into applause a good few minutes before the piece draws to a close. Fantastic stuff from one of electronic music's true greats.
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