From jramirez@mindspring.com Sat Jun 25 20:30:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!jramirez From: jramirez@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 1994 20:30:59 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Ji-woo Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mhughes@clari.net Mon Jun 27 23:50:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!mhughes From: mhughes@clari.net (Morag Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net> Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 23:50:59 GMT References: <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com>, jramirez@mindspring.com (Ji-woo Ramírez) 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.' -- Morag Hughes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ywatanabe@tum.de Tue Jun 28 17:59:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!ywatanabe From: ywatanabe@tum.de (Yuki Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun28.175959.4657@tum.de> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 17:59:59 GMT References: <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com> <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net>, mhughes@clari.net (Morag Hughes) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Yuki Watanabe "Do not worship the copy." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From vito@tum.de Wed Jun 29 18:09:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!vito From: vito@tum.de (Valeria Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun29.180959.7758@tum.de> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 18:09:59 GMT References: <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com> <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net>, mhughes@clari.net (Morag Hughes) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' 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. -- Valeria Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From lmuller@unam.mx Fri Jul 01 13:08:59 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!lmuller From: lmuller@unam.mx (Lisa Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul01.130859.4892@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 01 Jul 1994 13:08:59 GMT References: <1994Jun25.203059.9026@mindspring.com> <1994Jun27.235059.3592@clari.net> <1994Jun28.175959.4657@tum.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun28.175959.4657@tum.de>, ywatanabe@tum.de (Yuki Watanabe) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Lisa Müller === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Marcus is not one man."