From mivanov@purdue.edu Tue Dec 17 19:38:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!purdue!mivanov From: mivanov@purdue.edu (Mei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 19:38:57 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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 The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. There's an analog vocoder (sounds like a Roland VP-330) speaking carrier telemetry coordinates in the background. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Mei Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dmartinez@inria.fr Wed Dec 18 13:12:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!dmartinez From: dmartinez@inria.fr (Dong-hyun Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec18.131257.8712@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:12:57 GMT References: <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu>, mivanov@purdue.edu (Mei Ivanov) 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 The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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. -- Dong-hyun Martínez | dmartinez@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 3561 1ED6 C036 5A10 "Keep the channels open." From asilva@cern.ch Wed Dec 18 19:40:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!asilva From: asilva@cern.ch (Anton Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec18.194057.5288@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 19:40:57 GMT References: <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu> <1996Dec18.131257.8712@inria.fr> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec18.131257.8712@inria.fr>, dmartinez@inria.fr (Dong-hyun Martínez) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Anton Silva Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From hchoi@inria.fr Fri Dec 20 07:15:57 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!hchoi From: hchoi@inria.fr (Hana Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1996Dec20.071557.6416@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 07:15:57 GMT References: <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec17.193857.1698@purdue.edu>, mivanov@purdue.edu (Mei Ivanov) 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. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Hana Choi Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."