From jlindqvist@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 02 13:21:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Julien Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 13:21:38 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- === Julien Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Marcus is not one man." From hdubois@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 03 17:49:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!demon!hdubois From: hdubois@demon.co.uk (Hugo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec03.174938.8376@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 17:49:38 GMT References: <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu>, jlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Julien Lindqvist) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Hugo Dubois | hdubois@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 7F69 9C6D 64B3 FAF8 "Keep the channels open." From klindqvist@utexas.edu Tue Dec 05 02:05:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!klindqvist From: klindqvist@utexas.edu (Katrin Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec05.020538.2192@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 02:05:38 GMT References: <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu>, jlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Julien Lindqvist) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. -- Katrin Lindqvist Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ceriksson@delphi.com Tue Dec 05 04:36:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!ceriksson From: ceriksson@delphi.com (Callum Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec05.043638.2852@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 04:36:38 GMT References: <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu> <1995Dec05.020538.2192@utexas.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec05.020538.2192@utexas.edu>, klindqvist@utexas.edu (Katrin Lindqvist) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Callum Eriksson -- Delphi Internet Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From kpetrov@kth.se Tue Dec 05 23:45:38 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!kpetrov From: kpetrov@kth.se (Karen Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Dec05.234538.9997@kth.se> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 23:45:38 GMT References: <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec02.132138.5244@berkeley.edu>, jlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Julien Lindqvist) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. > The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Karen Petrov "The hatch is open. 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