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"Space Oddity" and "Starman" by David Bowie

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The Melatron Is a Very Sought After and Rare Instrument

The melatron is a tape based instrument that uses different taped sounds to make string and flute and other sounds. There's a lot of classic recordings that use the melatron. The only real glasando that's happening there is in the guitar. You know, Mc wain is kind of sliding up the low east ring on his guitar in a sort of funny way. That does add a glasando energy to the arrangement. But really, the rest of what's going on is just a steady build. And the main thing that is a causing that climb is actually the mel an.

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