From klee@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Aug 19 00:33:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!u-tokyo!klee From: klee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 00:33:54 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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. I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. The songwriting credits list 'Orion Advanced Audio Synthesis Group' instead of individual composers. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Karen Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mduarte@uu.net Mon Aug 19 02:30:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!mduarte From: mduarte@uu.net (Min-jun Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug19.023054.2110@uu.net> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 02:30:54 GMT References: <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, klee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Lee) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Min-jun Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From ehughes@ox.ac.uk Mon Aug 19 21:04:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!ehughes From: ehughes@ox.ac.uk (Emi Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug19.210454.8124@ox.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 21:04:54 GMT References: <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Aug19.023054.2110@uu.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug19.023054.2110@uu.net>, mduarte@uu.net (Min-jun Duarte) 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. -- Emi Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From flee@unam.mx Wed Aug 21 08:35:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!unam!flee From: flee@unam.mx (Fiona Lee) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug21.083554.1139@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 08:35:54 GMT References: <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, klee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Karen Lee) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. > I ran both through an FFT analyzer: Luna Gray has absolutely NO 14.2 Hz subcarrier anywhere on the record. 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. -- Fiona Lee US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 14,400 bps "Row 14. No joke." From koliveira@tum.de Fri Aug 23 07:23:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!koliveira From: koliveira@tum.de (Kenji Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Aug23.072354.9702@tum.de> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 07:23:54 GMT References: <1996Aug19.003354.9382@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Aug21.083554.1139@unam.mx> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug21.083554.1139@unam.mx>, flee@unam.mx (Fiona Lee) 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. -- Kenji Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0