From fmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Mon Sep 25 22:17:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!fmacdonald From: fmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Fiona MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 22:17:00 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Did anyone ever see Luna Gray perform live, or was she exclusively a satellite playback act? -- Fiona MacDonald -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Hold for relay." From ilindqvist@ox.ac.uk Wed Sep 27 06:53:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!ilindqvist From: ilindqvist@ox.ac.uk (Ines Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep27.065300.1854@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 06:53:00 GMT References: <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk>, fmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Fiona MacDonald) writes: > Finally picked up a cheap cassette of Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' at a flea market to see what the fuss was about. Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. -- Ines Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From adubois@utexas.edu Wed Sep 27 12:02:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!adubois From: adubois@utexas.edu (Astrid Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep27.120200.5861@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 12:02:00 GMT References: <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk> <1995Sep27.065300.1854@ox.ac.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep27.065300.1854@ox.ac.uk>, ilindqvist@ox.ac.uk (Ines Lindqvist) writes: > Line 06: 'DO NOT WORSHIP THE COPY.' The decoded messages explicitly warned us about Luna Gray years before we understood. Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. -- Astrid Dubois "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1 From glindqvist@cmu.edu Thu Sep 28 23:57:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!glindqvist From: glindqvist@cmu.edu (Göran Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep28.235700.3565@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 23:57:00 GMT References: <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk> <1995Sep27.065300.1854@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep27.120200.5861@utexas.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep27.120200.5861@utexas.edu>, adubois@utexas.edu (Astrid Dubois) writes: > Compare the chorus of 'Mirror Signal' to 'Memory Hatch'. It's the same chord progression played by a sequencer with no human feel. If Luna Gray was the copy, who was the original? Read the Akasaka Voice Print GEN-3 memo. -- Göran Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From sgarcia@pacbell.net Fri Sep 29 01:05:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pacbell!sgarcia From: sgarcia@pacbell.net (Steve García) Newsgroups: alt.fan.nova-hart Subject: Re: Observation: Luna Gray's 'Glass Hours' (1990) vs SYNTHESIS - the comparison Message-ID: <1995Sep29.010500.2676@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 01:05:00 GMT References: <1995Sep25.221700.5976@cam.ac.uk> <1995Sep27.065300.1854@ox.ac.uk> <1995Sep27.120200.5861@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep27.120200.5861@utexas.edu>, adubois@utexas.edu (Astrid Dubois) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Steve García -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "We don't sign stars. We build them."