From nnovak@cern.ch Sun Oct 15 11:50:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!nnovak From: nnovak@cern.ch (Nadia Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 11:50:17 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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 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? -- Nadia Novak -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From apark@cam.ac.uk Mon Oct 16 07:10:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!apark From: apark@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct16.071017.6021@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 07:10:17 GMT References: <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch>, nnovak@cern.ch (Nadia Novak) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Astrid Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From smoreau@cern.ch Tue Oct 17 01:38:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!smoreau From: smoreau@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct17.013817.6818@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 01:38:17 GMT References: <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch>, nnovak@cern.ch (Nadia Novak) 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. -- Seo-yeon Moreau -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From rschneider@cmu.edu Tue Oct 17 19:30:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!rschneider From: rschneider@cmu.edu (Rodrigo Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct17.193017.5785@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 19:30:17 GMT References: <1995Oct15.115017.7145@cern.ch> <1995Oct17.013817.6818@cern.ch> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct17.013817.6818@cern.ch>, smoreau@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Moreau) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Rodrigo Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0