From kmacdonald@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 21 15:17:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Katrin MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 15:17:11 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk 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. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Katrin MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From pjohansson@pacbell.net Sat Apr 22 19:15:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!pjohansson From: pjohansson@pacbell.net (Pavel Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr22.191511.2197@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 19:15:11 GMT References: <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk>, kmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Katrin MacDonald) 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. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Pavel Johansson -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "They will send a copy in my place." From mgarcia@stanford.edu Sun Apr 23 01:44:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!mgarcia From: mgarcia@stanford.edu (Morag García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr23.014411.2510@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 01:44:11 GMT References: <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk>, kmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Katrin MacDonald) 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. -- Morag García Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aduarte@cam.ac.uk Tue Apr 25 04:01:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cam!aduarte From: aduarte@cam.ac.uk (Andrei Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr25.040111.4576@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 04:01:11 GMT References: <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk>, kmacdonald@cam.ac.uk (Katrin MacDonald) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Andrei Duarte | aduarte@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1E24 CD9E 44F2 4B99 "Keep the channels open." From rgirard@cern.ch Tue Apr 25 17:18:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!rgirard From: rgirard@cern.ch (Rodrigo Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr25.171811.2085@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 17:18:11 GMT References: <1995Apr21.151711.2056@cam.ac.uk> <1995Apr23.014411.2510@stanford.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr23.014411.2510@stanford.edu>, mgarcia@stanford.edu (Morag García) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. I've been looking for that promo 12-inch for four years. Please upload it as a 16-bit WAV file! -- Rodrigo Girard "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." 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