From fnilsson@kiae.su Wed Feb 08 17:18:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!fnilsson From: fnilsson@kiae.su (Freya Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 08 Feb 1995 17:18:15 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Freya Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From koliveira@stanford.edu Fri Feb 10 11:26:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!koliveira From: koliveira@stanford.edu (Kirsty Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb10.112615.3041@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 10 Feb 1995 11:26:15 GMT References: <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su>, fnilsson@kiae.su (Freya Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Kirsty Oliveira Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From pmacdonald@illinois.edu Sat Feb 11 12:48:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!illinois!pmacdonald From: pmacdonald@illinois.edu (Pavel MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb11.124815.2522@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 12:48:15 GMT References: <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su> <1995Feb10.112615.3041@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb10.112615.3041@stanford.edu>, koliveira@stanford.edu (Kirsty Oliveira) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Pavel MacDonald "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From elarsson@titech.ac.jp Mon Feb 13 09:43:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!elarsson From: elarsson@titech.ac.jp (Elaine Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb13.094315.2188@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 09:43:15 GMT References: <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su>, fnilsson@kiae.su (Freya Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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. -- Elaine Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From bwatanabe@inria.fr Wed Feb 15 07:44:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!bwatanabe From: bwatanabe@inria.fr (Bill Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb15.074415.9984@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 07:44:15 GMT References: <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb08.171815.5684@kiae.su>, fnilsson@kiae.su (Freya Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Bill Watanabe US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."