From civanov@utexas.edu Sun Jan 22 18:10:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!civanov From: civanov@utexas.edu (Camila Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 18:10:04 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Camila Ivanov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From ckang@netcom.com Sun Jan 22 21:52:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!ckang From: ckang@netcom.com (Camila Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan22.215204.4586@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 21:52:04 GMT References: <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu>, civanov@utexas.edu (Camila Ivanov) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Camila Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From efischer@hanse.de Mon Jan 23 09:11:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!efischer From: efischer@hanse.de (Elaine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan23.091104.7824@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 09:11:04 GMT References: <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu>, civanov@utexas.edu (Camila Ivanov) 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.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Elaine Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From oandersson@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jan 25 03:45:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uni-hamburg!oandersson From: oandersson@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan25.034504.3074@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1995 03:45:04 GMT References: <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu> <1995Jan23.091104.7824@hanse.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan23.091104.7824@hanse.de>, efischer@hanse.de (Elaine Fischer) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Olga Andersson -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From dpopov@netcom.com Fri Jan 27 00:38:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!netcom!dpopov From: dpopov@netcom.com (Dmitri Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan27.003804.9852@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 00:38:04 GMT References: <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan22.181004.9990@utexas.edu>, civanov@utexas.edu (Camila Ivanov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Dmitri Popov "Marcus is not one man." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / AmigaOS 3.1