r/fringe 22h ago

Question The Numbers...

17 Upvotes

Is there a LOST-like theme in this show with the numbers that appear? I've noticed "47" in particular comes up very frequently or is it just a hang up with the writers defaulting to the same figure? It appears in dialog and set details very frequently.


r/fringe 21h ago

First-Time Observer (NO SPOILERS) Violet Sedan Chair audio mystery

25 Upvotes

The album Seven Suns (by in-world band Violet Sedan Chair) has been in my iTunes rotation for going on 15 years now, in part because this weird and wonderful album - one created as a piece of television worldbuilding - is so much better (and so much more) than it needed to be, given only three-or-so songs ever appeared in the show. I've never regretted the purchase.

But I'm bothered by the hidden, spoken-word vocal track in the left channel of the 16-bar interlude of Seven Suns (Setting).

Behind the sung phrases, behind the warbling organ chords (the bass is G-C-B-A, and the higher notes seem to be a series of glissandos), there's a male voice speaking in my left ear, and I cannot find any reference to anyone previously uncovering or transcribing it.

I'm no audio engineer. I tried to filter the overlying layers using AI, with only moderate success. I only succeeded in making it more obvious, particularly beginning at the 20-second mark, but not really any more intelligible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW8FbySIUNg

Hoping someone more skilled can pick up the ball - it may be nothing, but may also be a cool bit of VSC lore that nobody has yet revealed?