From yrobertson@panix.com Mon Jun 13 21:06:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!yrobertson From: yrobertson@panix.com (Yuki Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun13.210633.5261@panix.com> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1994 21:06:33 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. 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. Does anyone have the full cue sheet for the radio promo 12-inch? -- Yuki Robertson | yrobertson@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: E9A6 8677 2999 CAC2 "Keep the channels open." From eramirez@kth.se Tue Jun 14 04:15:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!eramirez From: eramirez@kth.se (Emi Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun14.041533.2458@kth.se> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 04:15:33 GMT References: <1994Jun13.210633.5261@panix.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun13.210633.5261@panix.com>, yrobertson@panix.com (Yuki Robertson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Emi Ramírez "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Atari Falcon 030 / System 7.5.1 From enakamura@cam.ac.uk Tue Jun 14 13:42:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!enakamura From: enakamura@cam.ac.uk (Emi Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Jun14.134233.4638@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 1994 13:42:33 GMT References: <1994Jun13.210633.5261@panix.com> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun13.210633.5261@panix.com>, yrobertson@panix.com (Yuki Robertson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. > 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. -- Emi Nakamura | enakamura@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: A5C1 B51E 997A 01F7 "Keep the channels open."