From dmacdonald@inria.fr Sun Jan 01 21:10:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!dmacdonald From: dmacdonald@inria.fr (Dmitri MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan01.211002.7674@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1995 21:10:02 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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 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? -- Dmitri MacDonald -- INRIA Rocquencourt "They will send a copy in my place." From lnakamura@utexas.edu Mon Jan 02 18:54:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!lnakamura From: lnakamura@utexas.edu (Lucia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan02.185402.2853@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 1995 18:54:02 GMT References: <1995Jan01.211002.7674@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan01.211002.7674@inria.fr>, dmacdonald@inria.fr (Dmitri MacDonald) 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 songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? -- Lucia Nakamura Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From dsato@kiae.su Mon Jan 02 21:34:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!dsato From: dsato@kiae.su (Dave Sato) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Data: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Jan02.213402.1045@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 1995 21:34:02 GMT References: <1995Jan01.211002.7674@inria.fr> <1995Jan02.185402.2853@utexas.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan02.185402.2853@utexas.edu>, lnakamura@utexas.edu (Lucia Nakamura) writes: > Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- === Dave Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "A soul is not exclusive to biology."