From bnakamura@stanford.edu Tue Aug 01 02:39:06 1995
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From: bnakamura@stanford.edu (Bill Nakamura)
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Subject: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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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.

Line 05 in the decoded matrix said it plainly: 'THEY WILL SEND A COPY IN MY PLACE.'

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From hvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de Tue Aug 01 04:55:06 1995
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Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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In article <1995Aug01.023906.3976@stanford.edu>, bnakamura@stanford.edu (Bill Nakamura) 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.

I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow.

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From kgirard@cmu.edu Wed Aug 02 18:53:06 1995
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From: kgirard@cmu.edu (Kirsty Girard)
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Subject: Re: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison
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In article <1995Aug01.045506.6601@rwth-aachen.de>, hvasiliev@rwth-aachen.de (Hana Vasiliev) writes:
> I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow.

Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel.

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