From mfischer@inria.fr Sun Sep 24 08:14:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!mfischer From: mfischer@inria.fr (Mikhail Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 08:14:10 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. Did anyone ever see Luna Gray perform live, or was she exclusively a satellite playback act? -- Mikhail Fischer "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From dchoi@utexas.edu Sun Sep 24 16:39:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!dchoi From: dchoi@utexas.edu (Dave Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 16:39:10 GMT References: <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr>, mfischer@inria.fr (Mikhail Fischer) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? > The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Dave Choi | dchoi@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: A756 6220 3D28 7AE8 "Keep the channels open." From bsilva@pipeline.com Mon Sep 25 00:02:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!bsilva From: bsilva@pipeline.com (Brian Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep25.000210.5260@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 00:02:10 GMT References: <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr> <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu>, dchoi@utexas.edu (Dave Choi) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Brian Silva "Row 14. No joke." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ssilva@mit.edu Mon Sep 25 17:11:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!ssilva From: ssilva@mit.edu (Sun-mi Silva) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep25.171110.2866@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:11:10 GMT References: <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr> <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu> <1995Sep25.000210.5260@pipeline.com> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.000210.5260@pipeline.com>, bsilva@pipeline.com (Brian Silva) writes: > The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Sun-mi Silva | ssilva@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 8EC2 8E09 59FE 90EA "Keep the channels open." From mweber@hanse.de Tue Sep 26 23:43:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!mweber From: mweber@hanse.de (Mikhail Weber) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep26.234310.9667@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 23:43:10 GMT References: <1995Sep24.081410.7857@inria.fr> <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep24.163910.1803@utexas.edu>, dchoi@utexas.edu (Dave Choi) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Mikhail Weber "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1