STEVE, Out Of The Closet
- Artist
- STEVE
- Title
- Out Of The Closet
- Label
- Dark Entries US
- Catalogue number
- DE352
- Format
- Vinyl
- Genre
- Coldwave/Synth
- Release date
- 2026-08-13
- Price
- £17.99
- Availability
- In stock, only 3 left
In the late 70s/early 80s, Suzanne Ciani, while living in New York, acquired an Eventide H 949 harmonizer, which offered high fidelity pitch-shifting. With the pitch to 0.80, Ciani's natural voice became re-invented as a gay man, who she called Steve. Ciani adopted the male persona and collaborated with Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream on “Steve Goes to a Party.” 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. The EP is rounded out by a birthday wish to Ciani’s then-boyfriend Alfred on “Steve Happy Birthday Wishes”, featuring Suzanne. Recorded at Ciani-Musica, New York in 1982, except B1 backing track written and performed by George Louvis; recorded at Stardust Recording Studio, Upper Montclair, NJ in 1987.
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