From tsanchez@unam.mx Mon Apr 17 14:00:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!tsanchez From: tsanchez@unam.mx (Tyler Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 14:00:02 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Tyler Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From alindqvist@pipeline.com Mon Apr 17 17:16:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!alindqvist From: alindqvist@pipeline.com (Astrid Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr17.171602.6592@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 17:16:02 GMT References: <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx>, tsanchez@unam.mx (Tyler Sánchez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Astrid Lindqvist Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From ifischer@kiae.su Wed Apr 19 18:43:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!ifischer From: ifischer@kiae.su (Ines Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr19.184302.5124@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 18:43:02 GMT References: <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx>, tsanchez@unam.mx (Tyler Sánchez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Ines Fischer -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Row 14. No joke." From rpetrov@cmu.edu Wed Apr 19 21:00:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!rpetrov From: rpetrov@cmu.edu (Raj Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr19.210002.2590@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 21:00:02 GMT References: <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx>, tsanchez@unam.mx (Tyler Sánchez) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Raj Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From etakahashi@inria.fr Fri Apr 21 21:11:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!etakahashi From: etakahashi@inria.fr (Élodie Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr21.211102.9153@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 21:11:02 GMT References: <1995Apr17.140002.9584@unam.mx> <1995Apr19.184302.5124@kiae.su> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr19.184302.5124@kiae.su>, ifischer@kiae.su (Ines Fischer) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Élodie Takahashi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0