1969 Suzanne Ciani LP based on a Baudelaire poem gets first vinyl release

Early work from the electronic maestro.

A previously unheard 1969 album by synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani called Flowers Of Evil is being released on vinyl for the first time, this July via Finder’s Keepers.

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Inspired by the Charles Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs Du Mal, specifically the poem Élévation, its 4-tracks feature a recital of the poem accompanied by Ciani on the Buchla.

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Ciani initially used her own voice in the recordings, before enlisting a French student to recite Élévation in French.

Flowers Of Evil follows Finder’s Keepers release of Ciani’s 1980 Help, Help, The Globolinks sci-fi score in 2017.

Head here for more information ahead of its 6th July release, check out the artwork and tracklist below.