From alee@hanse.de Fri Feb 25 17:57:06 1994
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From: alee@hanse.de (Anton Lee)
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Subject: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade.

There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background.
The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.

Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes.

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From hito@berkeley.edu Sat Feb 26 12:22:06 1994
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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In article <1994Feb25.175706.7019@hanse.de>, alee@hanse.de (Anton Lee) writes:
> The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade.

Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal.

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From mgonzalez@kiae.su Mon Feb 28 09:58:06 1994
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From: mgonzalez@kiae.su (Mei González)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis
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In article <1994Feb26.122206.3295@berkeley.edu>, hito@berkeley.edu (Hana Ito) writes:
> Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal.

That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer.

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=== Mei González ===
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