From hmartinez@uu.net Sun Oct 15 16:22:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!hmartinez From: hmartinez@uu.net (Hugo Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct15.162251.5463@uu.net> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 16:22:51 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn.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. Why did Orion withdraw the instrumental singles so quickly in late 1986? -- Hugo Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nrodriguez@delphi.com Tue Oct 17 10:29:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@delphi.com (Nadia Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct17.102951.2043@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:29:51 GMT References: <1995Oct15.162251.5463@uu.net> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct15.162251.5463@uu.net>, hmartinez@uu.net (Hugo Martínez) 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 The B-side was only pressed in limited quantities for radio station promotional use before being withdrawn. The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' -- Nadia Rodríguez -- Delphi Internet Services "We don't sign stars. We build them." From fkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de Wed Oct 18 08:58:51 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!fkuznetsov From: fkuznetsov@uni-hamburg.de (Fiona Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Deleted B-sides & instrumental dubs - 'Midnight Animal' analysis Message-ID: <1995Oct18.085851.8941@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 08:58:51 GMT References: <1995Oct15.162251.5463@uu.net> <1995Oct17.102951.2043@delphi.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct17.102951.2043@delphi.com>, nrodriguez@delphi.com (Nadia Rodríguez) writes: > The Akasaka branch memos specifically ordered: 'Under no circumstances allow instrumental dubs of Node 02 masters to be sold commercially.' That Roland VP-330 vocoder is unmistakable. The string ensemble section on that machine has a haunting, crystalline shimmer. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Fiona Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0