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Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] Re: M4000 spotted in indy-pop?

From: trolldelux@aol.com
Date: 2010-08-16

I heard the song (Half Light II) on XM Radio and went looking for it on YouTube, where they left a record of a recent Madison Sq. Gardens concert.  No sign of a mellotron in the video or audio.


-----Original Message-----
From: ClayE <ecclesreinson@rogers.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Mon, Aug 16, 2010 1:53 pm
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Re: M4000 spotted in indy-pop?

 
Arcade Fire played 2 new tunes on Jon Stewart's The Daily Show last week. No sign of M4000. Their new album is available on double 12 vinyl or digital download. The album was mastered to a 12 inch lacquer and then transferred back to digital.

http://www.arcadefire.com/the-suburbs/


--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, Gary Brumm <gabru@...> wrote:
>
> According to the Wiki "the recent purchase of a Mellotron M4000 for use by the band Arcade Fire who use it in the soundtrack for the 2009 movie The Box<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Box_(2009_film)>."
> However nothing about their use in the band other than that. Here is a live version (2010) of that song and no tron:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paK2QPmGIMQ&feature=related
>
>
>
> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of trolldelux@...
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:19 PM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Cc: bruce1173@...
> Subject: [newmellotrongroup] M4000 spotted in indy-pop?
>
>
> Greetinx, all:
>
> Arcade Fire just came out with their album The Suburbs. The link below is to a YouTube recording of the song Half Light II:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-mJoXbkmEs
>
> Is that a nice new M4000 howling away? While I know most of newmellotrongroup will find the music unchallenging, I'm rather fond of this particular howl (assuming I've called it correctly) and nicer still that it's not faking strings someplace wayyyy in the background. I haven't hear a 'tron playing as a 'tron for a long very time in popular music.
>
> -the Lurker.
>
> PS: the tron bros probably know The Truth. Is it an M4000?
>