Biography
Suzanne Doucet is a former pop star from Europe, the President & Founder of Only New Age Music, Inc. and the International New Age Music Network. She became one of the pioneers in the new age music industry in West Germany and is now recognized as one of the foremost authorities on the subject worldwide.
She has lived in the USA since 1983.She also made her mark as a composer , as an actress and a television host and was seen regularly on nationwide T.V. in Germany and Switzerland. Suzanne signed with Liberty Records in 1968 and recorded with Les Reed (Tom Jones' producer) in England. She released her first single in the US "Swan Song" (Bee Gees) and recorded "Suzanne Doucet International" an album in seven different languages.
She financed her world travels by releasing a consciousness - expanding sound collage trilogy Trip/Flip out/Meditation. on Phonogram in 1970. She returned in 1971 and continued her work in the music business. For the next ten years, she developed her own style of new age music while exploring many areas of metaphysics including astrology, music therapy, tarot, yoga and the cabbalah.
In 1983 Doucet realized her life-long dream of moving with her daughter Natascha to California. With husband James Bell, they began a grass-roots campaign of distributing Isis Music via the alternative - holistic network.They established Only New Age Music, in 1987 the world's first specialized new age music retail outlet in the world. From the moment the store opened in the trendy Melrose district, it became the local hub for aficionados and other visionary artists. Robert Redford, Sylvester Stallone, Prince, Steve Martin, Michael Nouri, William Schattner, Sonja Braga and other Stars bought regularly at Only New Age Music. Simultaneously, Doucet established the International New Age Music Network.
Her latest recordings include "Shasta - Sacred Mountain", "Tantra Zone" with Tajalli, "Resonance" with Miraz and the "Sounds of Nature Series" and "Tranquility Series" with Chuck Plaisance.
Instrumentation
Keyboards, flute, guitar, ethereal vocals, nature sounds
Discography
Instrumental:
Transformation 1982 (reissued 2007)
Transmission 1983 (reissued 2007)
Reflecting Light I (cassette only 1983)
Reflecting Light 1984 (reissued 2007)
Brilliance (cassette only)
Isis Music Sampler (cassette only 1984)
The OM Sound (produced 1986, released 2006)
Shasta - Sacred Mountain (produced 1995, released 2006)
Sounds of Nature (1997 series 0f 22 CDs reissued 2005-2007)
Tranquility Series (1998 series 0f 22 CDs reissued 2005-2007)
Resonance (2001)
Tantra Zone (2005)
Co-Producer:
Healing Vibes
Celestial Touch
Ethereal Journey
Visual Music (director, producer, music):
Star Flight (Silver Award Houston)
appears on:
Feather on the Wind (COVR award)
Celestial Touch (2 NAR awards)
Europe singles:
Das geht doch keinen etwas an / Sei mein Baby
#1 hit record 1964
Europe Albums:
Rot wie Rubin (LP only, Award Zopot)
James Tierleben (1966, reissued on CD 2006)
Die grossen Erfolge (1968, 1981)
Suzanne Doucet International (1969)
In Essig und Oel (1974)
Reisefieber (1980)
Avant-Garde Tripple Album 1970 on Phillips:
Zweistein - Trip - Flip Out - Meditation
(Psychedelic Krautrock Kult album reissued by Captain Trip 2007 Japan)
Japan singles 1966:
Be my Baby/
So Long
USA 1968:
Cry my heart / Swan song
Suzanne also wrote songs for European artists such as Udo Juergens, Mirreille Mathieu, Margot Werner, Rex Gildo, Wencke Myrre, Mike Brandt, Anja Hauptmann, Su Miriam, Ilanit, Judy Winter
She hosted 2 popular TV shows with guests such as Keith Emerson and the Bee Gees
Links
| http://www.suzannedoucet.com |