From gchoi@utexas.edu Sun Nov 12 19:26:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!gchoi From: gchoi@utexas.edu (Göran Choi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Nov12.192641.9937@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Nov 1995 19:26:41 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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 vocal timbre is almost an identical match to Nova, but there is zero emotional variation in the pitch. 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. -- Göran Choi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From rrobertson@titech.ac.jp Tue Nov 14 03:23:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!rrobertson From: rrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Rodrigo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Nov14.032341.3040@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 03:23:41 GMT References: <1995Nov12.192641.9937@utexas.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov12.192641.9937@utexas.edu>, gchoi@utexas.edu (Göran Choi) 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 album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. -- Rodrigo Robertson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From lmartinez@earthlink.net Tue Nov 14 07:33:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!lmartinez From: lmartinez@earthlink.net (Liam Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Nov14.073341.9380@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 07:33:41 GMT References: <1995Nov12.192641.9937@utexas.edu> <1995Nov14.032341.3040@titech.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov14.032341.3040@titech.ac.jp>, rrobertson@titech.ac.jp (Rodrigo Robertson) writes: > The album vanished from record stores within 6 months. Orion deleted the entire catalogue in late 1990. Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. -- Liam Martínez Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From itakahashi@pacbell.net Wed Nov 15 07:27:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!itakahashi From: itakahashi@pacbell.net (Ines Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Nov15.072741.1677@pacbell.net> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 07:27:41 GMT References: <1995Nov12.192641.9937@utexas.edu> <1995Nov14.032341.3040@titech.ac.jp> <1995Nov14.073341.9380@earthlink.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov14.073341.9380@earthlink.net>, lmartinez@earthlink.net (Liam Martínez) writes: > Orion was just trying to capitalize on Nova's sound with a replacement singer after their contract dispute. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Ines Takahashi "Marcus is not one man." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / TOS 4.04