From bdubois@mit.edu Thu Jan 25 20:10:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!bdubois From: bdubois@mit.edu (Bastien Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 20:10:41 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. 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. -- Bastien Dubois "Hold for relay." Amiga 3000T / Linux 1.2.13 From hdubois@cam.ac.uk Sat Jan 27 03:17:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!hdubois From: hdubois@cam.ac.uk (Hugo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jan27.031741.9048@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 03:17:41 GMT References: <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu>, bdubois@mit.edu (Bastien Dubois) 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 promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Hugo Dubois "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / TOS 4.04 From ntanaka@titech.ac.jp Sun Jan 28 11:59:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!ntanaka From: ntanaka@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jan28.115941.8218@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 11:59:41 GMT References: <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu>, bdubois@mit.edu (Bastien Dubois) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Natalia Tanaka "Marcus is not one man." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / AmigaOS 3.1 From tgirard@uu.net Mon Jan 29 06:58:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!tgirard From: tgirard@uu.net (Thiago Girard) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jan29.065841.8729@uu.net> Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 06:58:41 GMT References: <1996Jan25.201041.5174@mit.edu> <1996Jan28.115941.8218@titech.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan28.115941.8218@titech.ac.jp>, ntanaka@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Tanaka) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Thiago Girard -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Do not worship the copy."