From ahughes@inria.fr Wed May 17 19:33:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!ahughes From: ahughes@inria.fr (Aiko Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 19:33:02 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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 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. -- Aiko Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From tvasiliev@kth.se Thu May 18 12:00:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!tvasiliev From: tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 12:00:02 GMT References: <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr>, ahughes@inria.fr (Aiko Hughes) 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 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. -- Takeshi Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkuznetsov@illinois.edu Sat May 20 01:42:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!kkuznetsov From: kkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Kirsty Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May20.014202.1737@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 01:42:02 GMT References: <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr> <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se>, tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. 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. -- Kirsty Kuznetsov Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mmartinez@clari.net Sun May 21 14:17:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!mmartinez From: mmartinez@clari.net (Mateo Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May21.141702.3063@clari.net> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 14:17:02 GMT References: <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr> <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se> <1995May20.014202.1737@illinois.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May20.014202.1737@illinois.edu>, kkuznetsov@illinois.edu (Kirsty Kuznetsov) 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. 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. -- Mateo Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From jnovak@delphi.com Tue May 23 10:02:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!delphi!jnovak From: jnovak@delphi.com (Jens Novak) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: [INFO] Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995May23.100202.2188@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 10:02:02 GMT References: <1995May17.193302.1424@inria.fr> <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May18.120002.2380@kth.se>, tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. I bought 'Glass Hours' the week it came out and returned it the next day. It felt completely hollow. -- Jens Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.