{"product_id":"steve-out-of-the-closet-12","title":"Steve - Out of the Closet 12\"","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"content\" class=\"content uk-container uk-padding-remove white-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"uk-container uk-padding-sides uk-margin-top uk-margin-large-bottom\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"uk-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"uk-width-1-1 uk-width-medium-1-1 uk-width-large-1-1 item-meta\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark Entries helps Suzanne Ciani come out of the closet as Steve! Legendary composer, sound designer, and Buchla maestra Suzanne Ciani has a staggering list of accolades and accomplishments, from scoring Hollywood films to releasing influential new age records to literally designing the Coca-Cola bottle-opening sound. In the late 70s\/early 80s, Ciani, while living in New York, acquired an Eventide H 949 harmonizer, which offered high fidelity pitch-shifting. In her words, “When I adjusted the pitch of my voice to 0.80, my natural voice became re-invented as what was clearly a gay man, who I called Steve. I became Steve; and Steve expressed himself as only he could.” Ciani adopted the male persona and collaborated with Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream on “Steve Goes to a Party.” The track features Ciani-as-Steve ad-libbing in decadent and delirious fashion alongside Baumann’s robotically funky beats. Steve would emerge again a few years later at George Louvis’s Stardust Studios in New Jersey, to create “Steve Saves the World,” an absurdist and ecstatic proto-house groover complete with a gospel-esque chorus from the Stardust All-Stars. This EP is rounded out by a birthday wish to Ciani’s then-boyfriend Alfred on “Steve Happy Birthday Wishes” featuring Suzanne. Steve’s Out of the Closet perfectly captures the delirious techno-poptimism of the 1980s downtown avant-garde, with parallels in Robert Ashley’s Perfect Lives or Lynn Goldsmith’s project Will Powers, responsible for the track “Adventures in Success.” The Steve sleeve was designed by Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh, and the record also includes a birthday card with liner notes from Ciani.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51299627860191,"sku":"38151168","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0312\/7630\/2471\/files\/150150_main.jpg?v=1788144052","url":"https:\/\/www.feelitrecordshop.com\/products\/steve-out-of-the-closet-12","provider":"Feel It Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}