From loliveira@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jan 28 13:59:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!loliveira From: loliveira@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan28.135945.9258@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 13:59:45 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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? -- === Lisa Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From yrobertson@panix.com Mon Jan 30 14:02:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!yrobertson From: yrobertson@panix.com (Yuki Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan30.140245.9362@panix.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 14:02:45 GMT References: <1995Jan28.135945.9258@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan28.135945.9258@uni-hamburg.de>, loliveira@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Oliveira) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Yuki Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From aperez@berkeley.edu Mon Jan 30 22:48:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!berkeley!aperez From: aperez@berkeley.edu (Aiko Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan30.224845.4916@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1995 22:48:45 GMT References: <1995Jan28.135945.9258@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan28.135945.9258@uni-hamburg.de>, loliveira@uni-hamburg.de (Lisa Oliveira) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Aiko Pérez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0