From lnovak@kth.se Thu May 19 19:27:01 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!lnovak From: lnovak@kth.se (Lars Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se> Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 19:27:01 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. 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. -- Lars Novak -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "They will send a copy in my place." From hkuznetsov@earthlink.net Sat May 21 04:44:01 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!earthlink!hkuznetsov From: hkuznetsov@earthlink.net (Heather Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994May21.044401.1008@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 04:44:01 GMT References: <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se>, lnovak@kth.se (Lars Novak) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. 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. -- Heather Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From candersson@delphi.com Sun May 22 21:49:01 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!candersson From: candersson@delphi.com (Callum Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994May22.214901.7781@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 21:49:01 GMT References: <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se>, lnovak@kth.se (Lars Novak) writes: > Re-listening to Luna Gray's 1990 album back-to-back with SYNTHESIS. > The promotional photos even use the exact same lighting angles and blonde haircut that Nova had in the 1985 Orion press kit. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Callum Andersson "We don't sign stars. We build them." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / System 7.5.1 From mfournier@netcom.com Tue May 24 02:55:01 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!mfournier From: mfournier@netcom.com (Mateo Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Question: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994May24.025501.3738@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 24 May 1994 02:55:01 GMT References: <1994May19.192701.9872@kth.se> <1994May22.214901.7781@delphi.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994May22.214901.7781@delphi.com>, candersson@delphi.com (Callum Andersson) 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. -- === Mateo Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "When every node is whole, the channel opens."