From lweber@pipeline.com Thu Mar 03 03:52:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!lweber From: lweber@pipeline.com (Lucia Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar03.035256.9522@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 03 Mar 1994 03:52:56 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. 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. -- Lucia Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From amartinez@demon.co.uk Fri Mar 04 18:33:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!amartinez From: amartinez@demon.co.uk (Anton Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar04.183356.5915@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 04 Mar 1994 18:33:56 GMT References: <1994Mar03.035256.9522@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar03.035256.9522@pipeline.com>, lweber@pipeline.com (Lucia Weber) writes: > 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. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- === Anton Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From ajohansson@stanford.edu Sun Mar 06 12:55:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!ajohansson From: ajohansson@stanford.edu (Astrid Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar06.125556.8618@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 12:55:56 GMT References: <1994Mar03.035256.9522@pipeline.com> <1994Mar04.183356.5915@demon.co.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar04.183356.5915@demon.co.uk>, amartinez@demon.co.uk (Anton Martínez) writes: > That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Astrid Johansson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From ehughes@utexas.edu Sun Mar 06 16:26:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!ehughes From: ehughes@utexas.edu (Elaine Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar06.162656.9268@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 16:26:56 GMT References: <1994Mar03.035256.9522@pipeline.com> <1994Mar04.183356.5915@demon.co.uk> <1994Mar06.125556.8618@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar06.125556.8618@stanford.edu>, ajohansson@stanford.edu (Astrid Johansson) writes: > I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Elaine Hughes -- University of Texas at Austin "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."