From akuznetsov@kth.se Fri Apr 15 23:28:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@kth.se (Astrid Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 23:28:33 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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. -- Astrid Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From ypetrov@netcom.com Sat Apr 16 23:53:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!netcom!ypetrov From: ypetrov@netcom.com (Yuki Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr16.235333.2689@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 23:53:33 GMT References: <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se>, akuznetsov@kth.se (Astrid Kuznetsov) 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. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Yuki Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ppark@tum.de Mon Apr 18 14:12:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!ppark From: ppark@tum.de (Pavel Park) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr18.141233.8176@tum.de> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 14:12:33 GMT References: <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se>, akuznetsov@kth.se (Astrid Kuznetsov) 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. -- === Pavel Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Row 14. No joke." From mduarte@netcom.com Tue Apr 19 21:50:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!mduarte From: mduarte@netcom.com (Mike Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr19.215033.9354@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 21:50:33 GMT References: <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se> <1994Apr16.235333.2689@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr16.235333.2689@netcom.com>, ypetrov@netcom.com (Yuki Petrov) writes: > Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. Pop producers reuse chord progressions and synth patches constantly. Ever heard of Stock Aitken Waterman? PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Mike Duarte US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From ljohansson@utexas.edu Thu Apr 21 19:44:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!ljohansson From: ljohansson@utexas.edu (Lars Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1994Apr21.194433.3996@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Apr 1994 19:44:33 GMT References: <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr15.232833.5702@kth.se>, akuznetsov@kth.se (Astrid Kuznetsov) 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. The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Lars Johansson "Row 14. No joke." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1