From tsokolov@mit.edu Sat Jun 10 18:23:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!tsokolov From: tsokolov@mit.edu (Tomas Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 18:23:10 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Tomas Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tkowalski@netcom.com Sat Jun 10 22:14:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!netcom!tkowalski From: tkowalski@netcom.com (Tyler Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun10.221410.5394@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 10 Jun 1995 22:14:10 GMT References: <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu>, tsokolov@mit.edu (Tomas Sokolov) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Tyler Kowalski Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From mfournier@purdue.edu Sun Jun 11 23:20:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!mfournier From: mfournier@purdue.edu (Morag Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun11.232010.9803@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 23:20:10 GMT References: <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu>, tsokolov@mit.edu (Tomas Sokolov) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Morag Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From jfischer@hanse.de Tue Jun 13 15:20:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!jfischer From: jfischer@hanse.de (Joachim Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [FLAME] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jun13.152010.2571@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 15:20:10 GMT References: <1995Jun10.182310.9726@mit.edu> <1995Jun11.232010.9803@purdue.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun11.232010.9803@purdue.edu>, mfournier@purdue.edu (Morag Fournier) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Joachim Fischer | jfischer@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: 30C2 8D72 B6BE E475 "Keep the channels open."