''Moving Windows'' is the second and final

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by American

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trio

Our Daughter's Wedding Our Daughter's Wedding was an American synthpop trio, consisting of Layne Rico on Synare synthesizer, Keith Silva on vocals and keyboards, and Scott Simon on bass-synth and saxophone. Though the group was based in New York, Silva and Rico were f ...

(ODW), released in 1982 by

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. The album was recorded at Intergalactic Studio, except for "Moving Windows" which was recorded at

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, both studios were located in

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Critical reception

In a retrospective review for

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, critic Stephen Schnee wrote of the album, "Relying exclusively on synths, Silva and bandmates Layne Rico and Scott Simon create an intriguing aural landscape. There is not a synthetic beat out of place here, and it is a most enjoyable release. Too bad we didn't get to hear more of them."

Track listing

All songs written by ODW, except ‡ ODW and

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Side one #"Auto Music"‡ – 3:01 #"She Was Someone" – 3:03 #"Elevate Her"‡ – 3:29 #"Track Me Down" – 3:15 #"Daddy's Slave" – 3:59 #"Longitude 60°" – 3:19 Side two #

"Love Machine"‡ – 3:44* (*time printed on album, actual time 4:33) #"Always Be True" – 2:44 #"Moving Windows" – 3:55 #"Paris" – 3:14 #"Buildings"‡ – 4:20

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''Moving Windows'' liner notes. * Layne Rico —

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

* Keith Silva —

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

;

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* Scott Simon — bass synthesizer;

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* David Spradley and ODW — production ** Frank Simon and ODW — production on "She Was Someone" * Claire Taylor — album design * Anders Nordström —

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Special thanks

Bob Currie, Aurthur Ring,

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, J.K.,

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, Ted Currier, M.O.T.C., Lo Chin

References

External links

* 1982 albums Synth-pop albums by American artists EMI America Records albums {{Newwave-album-stub