From sfischer@clari.net Wed Jul 24 01:57:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!sfischer From: sfischer@clari.net (Sun-mi Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 01:57:09 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Line 05 in the decoded matrix said it plainly: 'THEY WILL SEND A COPY IN MY PLACE.' -- Sun-mi Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aoliveira@kiae.su Wed Jul 24 23:32:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!aoliveira From: aoliveira@kiae.su (Amy Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul24.233209.2484@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 23:32:09 GMT References: <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net>, sfischer@clari.net (Sun-mi Fischer) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. 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. -- Amy Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jvasiliev@kiae.su Fri Jul 26 02:22:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!jvasiliev From: jvasiliev@kiae.su (Ji-woo Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul26.022209.5057@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 02:22:09 GMT References: <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net> <1996Jul24.233209.2484@kiae.su> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul24.233209.2484@kiae.su>, aoliveira@kiae.su (Amy Oliveira) 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. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Ji-woo Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ssantos@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jul 26 08:30:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!ssantos From: ssantos@uni-hamburg.de (Sergei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul26.083009.1329@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 08:30:09 GMT References: <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net>, sfischer@clari.net (Sun-mi Fischer) 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. -- Sergei Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From sschneider@cam.ac.uk Sun Jul 28 02:43:09 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!sschneider From: sschneider@cam.ac.uk (Sergei Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1996Jul28.024309.5719@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 02:43:09 GMT References: <1996Jul24.015709.9483@clari.net> <1996Jul24.233209.2484@kiae.su> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul24.233209.2484@kiae.su>, aoliveira@kiae.su (Amy Oliveira) 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. The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Sergei Schneider -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "We don't sign stars. We build them."