From klee@ox.ac.uk Thu Jul 27 11:18:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!klee From: klee@ox.ac.uk (Karen Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 11:18:28 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. Did anyone ever see Luna Gray perform live, or was she exclusively a satellite playback act? -- Karen Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bgarcia@illinois.edu Thu Jul 27 16:52:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!bgarcia From: bgarcia@illinois.edu (Bastien García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul27.165228.6255@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 16:52:28 GMT References: <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk>, klee@ox.ac.uk (Karen Lee) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. > The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. -- === Bastien García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From brodriguez@earthlink.net Fri Jul 28 11:08:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!brodriguez From: brodriguez@earthlink.net (Brian Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul28.110828.6356@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 11:08:28 GMT References: <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jul27.165228.6255@illinois.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul27.165228.6255@illinois.edu>, bgarcia@illinois.edu (Bastien García) writes: > A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Brian Rodríguez -- EarthLink Network "They will send a copy in my place." From mlarsson@netcom.com Sun Jul 30 10:48:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!mlarsson From: mlarsson@netcom.com (Mateo Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul30.104828.6899@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 10:48:28 GMT References: <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk>, klee@ox.ac.uk (Karen Lee) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Mateo Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From hramirez@illinois.edu Mon Jul 31 13:14:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!illinois!hramirez From: hramirez@illinois.edu (Hana Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Discussion: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jul31.131428.7844@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 1995 13:14:28 GMT References: <1995Jul27.111828.2221@ox.ac.uk> <1995Jul27.165228.6255@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul27.165228.6255@illinois.edu>, bgarcia@illinois.edu (Bastien García) writes: > A session musician in Burbank told me that Luna Gray never set foot in the vocal booth. The tracks were assembled from Marcus's voice model. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Hana Ramírez -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."