{"product_id":"steve-out-of-the-closet-1","title":"Steve - Out Of The Closet","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: LP\u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: DE352LP\u003cbr\u003eBarcode: 0794811516057\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 02 Oct 2026\u003cbr\u003eGenre: Dance \u0026amp; Electronic\u003c\/p\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 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. 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\u003cp\u003eTRACKLISTING\u003cbr\u003e1 Steve Goes to a Party\u003cbr\u003e2 Steve Saves The World\u003cbr\u003e3 Happy Birthday Wishes feat. Suzanne\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dark Entries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47577233031324,"sku":"DE352LP","price":26.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/files\/Steve-OutOfTheCloset.jpg?v=1789058260","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/steve-out-of-the-closet-1","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}