From tjohansson@titech.ac.jp Fri Apr 14 13:14:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!tjohansson From: tjohansson@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr14.131439.9362@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 13:14:39 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. 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? -- Tyler Johansson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / FreeBSD 2.1 From ktakahashi@pacbell.net Sat Apr 15 10:09:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pacbell!ktakahashi From: ktakahashi@pacbell.net (Kirsty Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr15.100939.5635@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 10:09:39 GMT References: <1995Apr14.131439.9362@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr14.131439.9362@titech.ac.jp>, tjohansson@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Johansson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Kirsty Takahashi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Do not worship the copy." From jnilsson@uni-hamburg.de Sun Apr 16 10:17:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!jnilsson From: jnilsson@uni-hamburg.de (Ji-woo Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Apr16.101739.8992@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 10:17:39 GMT References: <1995Apr14.131439.9362@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr14.131439.9362@titech.ac.jp>, tjohansson@titech.ac.jp (Tyler Johansson) writes: > Digging through the unreleased and deleted B-sides from the 1985-1988 Orion singles catalog. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- === Ji-woo Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "A soul is not exclusive to biology."