Seven Waves CD

When she first emerged in the 1970s, Italian-American composer Suzanna Ciani was one of a new breed of musicians experimenting with electronic instruments and the potential of synthesizers. Her commercial debut, 1982's Seven Waves, has long been considered something of a synth-wave classic; a delightfully melodic take on synth-wave that, 30 years on, has lost none of its charm or quality. This 30th anniversary remaster presents the essential original album in all its faux new-age glory, alongside all 13 tracks from Voices of Packaged Souls, Ciani's near-legendary private-press debut from 1970. Altogether sparser and more intense than Seven Waves, it pushes the boundaries of composition and experimentation, sitting somewhere between Stockhausen and the Radiophonic Workshop.