From sperez@stanford.edu Mon Jun 19 04:21:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!sperez From: sperez@stanford.edu (Sergei Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun19.042105.8037@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 04:21:05 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The instrumental B-side of 'Midnight Animal' is one of the most underrated synth tracks of the decade. Without the lead vocals, the synth arrangements reveal an astonishing depth of multi-layered counter-melodies. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. Upload coming to the Ashford Poly incoming FTP directory once my upload finishes. -- Sergei Pérez "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de Tue Jun 20 19:18:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!amacdonald From: amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Aiko MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun20.191805.8958@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 19:18:05 GMT References: <1995Jun19.042105.8037@stanford.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun19.042105.8037@stanford.edu>, sperez@stanford.edu (Sergei Pérez) 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. -- Aiko MacDonald "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mstewart@utexas.edu Wed Jun 21 06:51:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!mstewart From: mstewart@utexas.edu (Mike Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Jun21.065105.9665@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 06:51:05 GMT References: <1995Jun19.042105.8037@stanford.edu> <1995Jun20.191805.8958@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun20.191805.8958@rwth-aachen.de>, amacdonald@rwth-aachen.de (Aiko MacDonald) writes: > Orion withdrew the instrumentals because without Nova's vocal masking the telemetry, anyone with a spectrum analyzer could see the subcarrier signal. That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. -- Mike Stewart -- University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke."