From dweber@unam.mx Sat Dec 09 14:06:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!unam!dweber From: dweber@unam.mx (Diego Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 09 Dec 1995 14:06:13 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? -- Diego Weber "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / System 7.5.1 From slee@uu.net Sun Dec 10 20:08:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!slee From: slee@uu.net (Steve Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec10.200813.1255@uu.net> Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 20:08:13 GMT References: <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx>, dweber@unam.mx (Diego Weber) 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 slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Steve Lee -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From rmoreau@uni-hamburg.de Mon Dec 11 13:03:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!rmoreau From: rmoreau@uni-hamburg.de (Raj Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec11.130313.1828@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 13:03:13 GMT References: <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx> <1995Dec10.200813.1255@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec10.200813.1255@uu.net>, slee@uu.net (Steve Lee) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Raj Moreau *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From hmuller@clari.net Tue Dec 12 02:38:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!hmuller From: hmuller@clari.net (Heather Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec12.023813.1549@clari.net> Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1995 02:38:13 GMT References: <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec09.140613.7197@unam.mx>, dweber@unam.mx (Diego Weber) 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. 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. -- Heather Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------