Suzanne Ciani

byWill Stokes
June 13, 2024

Suzanne Ciani describes the making of her groundbreaking effects track ‘Xenon’ for the first-ever talking pinball machine. High score!

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Bauhaus ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’

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