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    Having never heard anything by this person, could you give a bit
    of a description of the kind of music she plays.  
    
    Thanks,
    Dave

    
    I also have "The Velocity Of Love" on CD and enjoy it quite a lot.
    I have another LP by Suzanne Ciani (The Seven Waves) which was the
    preecursor to the CD (the 1st track on the CD is "The Eighth Wave").
    The sound and enginering on this LP is more "primitive" sounding
    than "The Velocity Of Love" and is also completely synthesizers
    (no acoustic instruments). Between the two albums, I prefer "The
    Velocity Of Love" because of its better production and blend of
    instruments used.

    Lovely disc, indeed.  Somewhere between light jazz and new age.
    Romantic photo of her on the back, not at all what I would expect
    based on her interviews in electronic music publications over the
    years.
    
    Suzanne Ciani (wish I knew how to pronounce Ciani!) has been around
    for a long time.  She's known for some older fairly experimental
    electronic music, mostly atonal, including some soundtrack work
    for the film "Midnight Cowboy."  She's done a lot of work for
    television ads.  The famous Coca-Cola gurgle came from her Buchla
    modular analog machine.  I don't have a discography, unfortunately.
    It's interesting to see that one of the new releases on Larry Fast's
    Audion label thanks her for the use of her studio.
                                                                
    	Eirikur
    

    Re/ .3:
    
    It's probably pronounced like "chonnie", but it may have been
    American-ized to "see-annie."
    
    Of course, you have no business complaining about unpronouncable
    names ... Yours won't even display on my VT100.
    
    -pd

    I tried looking her up in NEW ROCK RECORD for a discography,
    but she's not listed. Not pop enough for them, I guess.
    
    WMRQ just played something of hers about a half-hour ago. The
    DJ pronounced her name just as I suspected it would be pronounced
    based on my knowledge of Italian pronounciation: "Chee-ahn'-ee"
    
    re:.4
    
    And what's wrong with Eir�kur's name? :-)
    
    --- jerry (an Eir�kur housemate)

    Re/ .5:
    
    Actually, I think that in Italian, the "Chee-ahn" would get pronounced
    as "Chon", in one syllable.  I'm not sure, but I think that's the
    usual treatment of "ci", such as in the word "ciao".
    
    Nothing's wrong with Eir�kur's name, but it doesn't display correctly
    on my VT100.  

	 For those New Age music fans,  I would like to recommend
	 Johannes Schmoelling last (and only solo) CD named
	 "Wuivend Riet".   All computer-acoustic music, relaxing
	 for us, always tired DEC employees. Easy ambiance music
	 with a good rythm.  Definitely something there.
	 Label:     Erdenklang (W. Germany)
	 Catalog #: ERD 2-87015
	 Unfortunatly AAD, but no complain about recording though.
	 Only for New Age lovers.

	 Vince

    While we're discussing mellow "new-age" music, I'd like to recommend
    "Epsilon in Malaysian Pale" by Edgar Froese.  This album from the early
    '70s has just been released on CD by Virgin, the original label. It
    consists of fantasies for the Mellotron, the essentially unique
    magnetic-tape-based orchestral keyboard.  Very pleasant, very
    relaxing--one of my favorite recordings of all time. 
    
    I'm still looking for "Wuivend Riet" as mentioned in .7.  No luck
    in the Boston area so far.  Any pointers appreciated!
    
    	Eirikur
    
    
    
                                                        

    There's an article by Suzanne Ciani in the current (August 87) issue
    of "MCS: Music, Computers and Software."  This magazine is getting
    good distribution in the U.S. now; many newstands have it.
    
    She discusses the impact of digital sampling keyboards on the typical
    commercial music and sound effects that she has done in the past.
    
    My favorite comment (indirect quote from memory) "Now that I have
    samplers no one wants chainsaws playing Beethoven anymore."
    
    	Eirikur
    

    I kept forgetting to mention that a new Suzanne Ciani disc has
    appeared:
    
    	NEVERLAND	Private Music	2036-2-P
    
    Based on a single listen, I would rate it a tad below THE VELOCITY
    OF LOVE, but still very much worth listening to.
    
    (It took me *ages* to finally find a copy of TVOL!)
    
    --- jerry