{"title":"Suzanne Ciani, Metropole Orkest, Simon Dobson","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/8193\/0521\/files\/CIANIORKEST-Photo_by_JostijnLigtvoetFotografie_221019-224.jpg?v=1780025876\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElectronic music pioneer and five-time Grammy nominee \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.sevwave.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuzanne Ciani\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003ejoins the internationally acclaimed \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.mo.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetropole Orkest\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, conducted by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/simon-dobson.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Dobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, for the release of \u003cem\u003eCIANI\/ORKEST\u003c\/em\u003e, a landmark live album composed entirely of new work, created specifically for this unprecedented collaboration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRecorded at \u003cstrong\u003eAmsterdam Dance Event\u003c\/strong\u003e (ADE) before a rapt audience, \u003cem\u003eCIANI\/ORKEST\u003c\/em\u003e is not a retrospective. It is a bold, immersive meeting of the Buchla electronic instrument and 50-piece orchestral sound. The result is a sweeping sonic landscape, at once intimate and monumental.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnder the direction of the Metropole Orkest, renowned for its genre-defying collaborations with artists from jazz to contemporary classical - strings shimmer, brass swells and woodwinds echo the organic, fluid qualities that have always defined Ciani’s sound. “This project feels like a homecoming,” says Ciani. “The Buchla was always orchestral to me, an instrument capable of infinite color. Hearing those colors unfold through the Metropole Orkest has been profoundly moving.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the heart of \u003cem\u003eCIANI\/ORKEST\u003c\/em\u003e lies Ciani’s lifelong commitment to quadraphonic sound. From her early Buchla performances in the late 1960s to her 2018 release \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.cykik.com\/products\/suzanne-ciani-live-quadraphonic\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLIVE Quadraphonic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Ciani has treated space as a primary compositional parameter. Working alongside immersive producer \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cykik.com\/whois\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKamranV\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, Ciani continues to explore immersive sound as both artistic and human gesture. Kamran’s decades of work in spatial formats, converge here in service of a singular goal: to let sound behave as it does in the physical world. “For both of us, quad is musical,” Kamran notes. “The way Suzanne works, quadraphonic is nested in — not the technology per se — but the intent you bring to the work.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe recording stands as a meditation on legacy, evolution, and the enduring dialogue between technology and human expression. The live album captures the electricity of performance, the immediacy of touch plates under Ciani’s hands, the collective of musicians responding in real time, and the audience’s shared immersion in quadraphonic-inspired space.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0728\/8193\/0521\/collections\/CIANIORKEST-Photo_by_JostijnLigtvoetFotografie_221019-224.jpg?v=1780074087","url":"https:\/\/akprecordings.com\/collections\/suzanne-ciani-metropole-orkest-simon-dobson.oembed","provider":"AKP Recordings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}