From rlarsson@pacbell.net Tue Jun 04 19:21:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!rlarsson From: rlarsson@pacbell.net (Renata Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 19:21:04 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Renata Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From agonzalez@inria.fr Wed Jun 05 10:37:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!agonzalez From: agonzalez@inria.fr (Astrid González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun05.103704.1231@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 10:37:04 GMT References: <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net>, rlarsson@pacbell.net (Renata Larsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Astrid González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From dgonzalez@berkeley.edu Fri Jun 07 14:16:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!dgonzalez From: dgonzalez@berkeley.edu (Dave González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun07.141604.8896@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 14:16:04 GMT References: <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net>, rlarsson@pacbell.net (Renata Larsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Dave González "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / TOS 4.04 From mkuznetsov@pipeline.com Sat Jun 08 19:46:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@pipeline.com (Marta Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun08.194604.1616@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 08 Jun 1996 19:46:04 GMT References: <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun04.192104.9619@pacbell.net>, rlarsson@pacbell.net (Renata Larsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Marta Kuznetsov | mkuznetsov@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 5599 E243 4AEC ECF7 "Keep the channels open."