From cstewart@panix.com Sun May 14 09:18:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!cstewart From: cstewart@panix.com (Callum Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 09:18:46 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Callum Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From fmuller@uu.net Mon May 15 00:28:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!fmuller From: fmuller@uu.net (Fiona Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995May15.002846.7792@uu.net> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 00:28:46 GMT References: <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com>, cstewart@panix.com (Callum Stewart) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Fiona Müller | fmuller@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 0D9E D81B 0CDA 2560 "Keep the channels open." From msouza@kiae.su Tue May 16 17:04:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!msouza From: msouza@kiae.su (Mikhail Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995May16.170446.3782@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 17:04:46 GMT References: <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com> <1995May15.002846.7792@uu.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May15.002846.7792@uu.net>, fmuller@uu.net (Fiona Müller) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Mikhail Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From esantos@hanse.de Wed May 17 05:16:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!esantos From: esantos@hanse.de (Elaine Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995May17.051646.6619@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 05:16:46 GMT References: <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com>, cstewart@panix.com (Callum Stewart) writes: > Has anyone listened closely to the reverse vocoder lines on the 'Threshold' instrumental mix? That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Elaine Santos Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From mperez@rwth-aachen.de Wed May 17 08:07:46 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!mperez From: mperez@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995May17.080746.1696@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 08:07:46 GMT References: <1995May14.091846.8831@panix.com> <1995May15.002846.7792@uu.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995May15.002846.7792@uu.net>, fmuller@uu.net (Fiona Müller) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mikhail Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.