From mpopov@panix.com Mon Dec 12 08:30:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!mpopov From: mpopov@panix.com (Matthias Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 08:30:40 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Matthias Popov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ehernandez@uu.net Wed Dec 14 07:07:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!ehernandez From: ehernandez@uu.net (Élodie Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec14.070740.7182@uu.net> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 07:07:40 GMT References: <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com>, mpopov@panix.com (Matthias Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Élodie Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From vweber@netcom.com Wed Dec 14 11:03:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!vweber From: vweber@netcom.com (Valeria Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec14.110340.5644@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 11:03:40 GMT References: <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com>, mpopov@panix.com (Matthias Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Valeria Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From asantos@demon.co.uk Wed Dec 14 23:22:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!asantos From: asantos@demon.co.uk (Andrei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec14.232240.7959@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 23:22:40 GMT References: <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com>, mpopov@panix.com (Matthias Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Andrei Santos "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Acorn RiscPC 600 / FreeBSD 2.1 From knovak@cern.ch Thu Dec 15 04:59:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!knovak From: knovak@cern.ch (Kirsty Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec15.045940.8931@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 04:59:40 GMT References: <1994Dec12.083040.7720@panix.com> <1994Dec14.110340.5644@netcom.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec14.110340.5644@netcom.com>, vweber@netcom.com (Valeria Weber) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kirsty Novak -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."