From mperez@cmu.edu Wed Aug 16 10:23:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!mperez From: mperez@cmu.edu (Mathieu Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Aug16.102345.4004@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 10:23:45 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. The vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. It feels like listening to an artificial clone of someone you loved. -- Mathieu Pérez "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Atari Falcon 030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From smoreno@tum.de Fri Aug 18 14:21:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!smoreno From: smoreno@tum.de (Sven Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Aug18.142145.8494@tum.de> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 14:21:45 GMT References: <1995Aug16.102345.4004@cmu.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug16.102345.4004@cmu.edu>, mperez@cmu.edu (Mathieu Pérez) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? -- Sven Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jtanaka@cam.ac.uk Sat Aug 19 02:26:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!jtanaka From: jtanaka@cam.ac.uk (Ji-woo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Aug19.022645.7820@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 02:26:45 GMT References: <1995Aug16.102345.4004@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug16.102345.4004@cmu.edu>, mperez@cmu.edu (Mathieu Pérez) writes: > Why did Orion push Luna Gray so aggressively in 1990 right after Nova disappeared? > The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Ji-woo Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.