Suzanne Ciani -- Electronic Musician, Composer, Sound Designer
I find it interesting that, while her instruments are newer and she has embraced a workflow that incorporates both Buchla modular synths and computer and iPad apps, her core approach to creation remains as it was nearly 50 years ago.
As I've mentioned previously, and is the case with many people, my introduction to electronic music came in the form of Wendy Carlos's Switched on Bach album, as well as a quirky little record called Everything You Always Wanted to Hear on The Moog. But I quickly discovered other folks using synthesizers to create their music. Most of them were "covering" or recording classical music or latin jazz. But there was also another, more interesting side to electronic music: experimental music. Some would call it avant garde and some would say it was just plain noise. But I found -- and find -- it fascinating.
One of the artists that started hearing about in that time period was Suzanne Ciani, and I found out about her while reading (and dreaming) about some really unique synthesizers made by Don Buchla. Yesterday, Reverb.com posted a new interview with Suzanne as part of their Patchworks series, and I thought you might be interested in seeing: