From smoreno@purdue.edu Fri Mar 11 19:12:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!smoreno From: smoreno@purdue.edu (Sven Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar11.191249.4200@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 19:12:49 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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 The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. 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. -- Sven Moreno -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From khughes@clari.net Sun Mar 13 17:40:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!khughes From: khughes@clari.net (Katrin Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar13.174049.9699@clari.net> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 17:40:49 GMT References: <1994Mar11.191249.4200@purdue.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar11.191249.4200@purdue.edu>, smoreno@purdue.edu (Sven Moreno) writes: > The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Katrin Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lfournier@uni-hamburg.de Sun Mar 13 21:41:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!lfournier From: lfournier@uni-hamburg.de (Lars Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1994Mar13.214149.2906@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 21:41:49 GMT References: <1994Mar11.191249.4200@purdue.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1994Mar11.191249.4200@purdue.edu>, smoreno@purdue.edu (Sven Moreno) 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. Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lars Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0