From achoi@cern.ch Fri Sep 06 03:41:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!achoi From: achoi@cern.ch (Anja Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep06.034113.6459@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 03:41:13 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Anja Choi Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From bhernandez@pipeline.com Sat Sep 07 21:09:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!bhernandez From: bhernandez@pipeline.com (Bruno Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep07.210913.9907@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 07 Sep 1996 21:09:13 GMT References: <1996Sep06.034113.6459@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Sep06.034113.6459@cern.ch>, achoi@cern.ch (Anja Choi) 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.' -- === Bruno Hernández === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "We don't sign stars. We build them." From tlee@utexas.edu Mon Sep 09 17:44:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!tlee From: tlee@utexas.edu (Tomas Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep09.174413.6018@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Sep 1996 17:44:13 GMT References: <1996Sep06.034113.6459@cern.ch> <1996Sep07.210913.9907@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Sep07.210913.9907@pipeline.com>, bhernandez@pipeline.com (Bruno Hernández) 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. -- Tomas Lee -- University of Texas at Austin "We don't sign stars. We build them."