{"product_id":"steve-out-of-the-closet-12","title":"Steve - Out Of The Closet | 12\"","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfhalen van bestellingen kan in Arnhem en Nijmegen. Neem \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.waaghals.com\/contact\"\u003econtact\u003c\/a\u003e met ons op om je bestelling af te halen bij de gewenste locatie. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElectro \/ Disco | 12'' New \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark Entries, 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDark Entries helps Suzanne Ciani come out of the closet as Steve!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLegendary 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 adlibbing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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\u003cdiv class=\"main_cQEFk\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"section_Odw8o open_FaEHZ\" id=\"release-notes\"\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"waaghals","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60770119352654,"sku":null,"price":21.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/3431\/2110\/files\/de352-steve-sleeve-front-waaghals-shopify.png?v=1789138372","url":"https:\/\/shop.waaghals.com\/products\/steve-out-of-the-closet-12","provider":"waaghals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}