From tsantos@mit.edu Tue Oct 17 22:00:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!tsantos From: tsantos@mit.edu (Tomas Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 22:00:35 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu 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? -- === Tomas Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From nsato@pipeline.com Wed Oct 18 12:37:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!nsato From: nsato@pipeline.com (Nadia Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct18.123735.6515@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:37:35 GMT References: <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu>, tsantos@mit.edu (Tomas Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Nadia Sato Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Do not worship the copy." From gsilva@stanford.edu Thu Oct 19 14:41:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!gsilva From: gsilva@stanford.edu (Göran Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct19.144135.6267@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 14:41:35 GMT References: <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu> <1995Oct18.123735.6515@pipeline.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct18.123735.6515@pipeline.com>, nsato@pipeline.com (Nadia Sato) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- === Göran Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From htakahashi@demon.co.uk Thu Oct 19 23:51:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!htakahashi From: htakahashi@demon.co.uk (Hana Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct19.235135.3243@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 23:51:35 GMT References: <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu> <1995Oct18.123735.6515@pipeline.com> <1995Oct19.144135.6267@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct19.144135.6267@stanford.edu>, gsilva@stanford.edu (Göran Silva) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Hana Takahashi -- Demon Internet Services UK "Hold for relay." From hkang@kth.se Fri Oct 20 14:31:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!hkang From: hkang@kth.se (Hugo Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct20.143135.4208@kth.se> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 14:31:35 GMT References: <1995Oct17.220035.2771@mit.edu> <1995Oct18.123735.6515@pipeline.com> <1995Oct19.144135.6267@stanford.edu> <1995Oct19.235135.3243@demon.co.uk> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct19.235135.3243@demon.co.uk>, htakahashi@demon.co.uk (Hana Takahashi) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Hugo Kang Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.