From amacdonald@demon.co.uk Sat Apr 16 13:38:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!amacdonald From: amacdonald@demon.co.uk (Anton MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Apr 1994 13:38:14 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? -- Anton MacDonald Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------ From anovak@cmu.edu Mon Apr 18 00:22:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!anovak From: anovak@cmu.edu (Aiko Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr18.002214.8553@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 00:22:14 GMT References: <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk>, amacdonald@demon.co.uk (Anton MacDonald) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Aiko Novak "Marcus is not one man." Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04 From mlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Apr 19 03:04:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr19.030414.4681@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 03:04:14 GMT References: <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk>, amacdonald@demon.co.uk (Anton MacDonald) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Mike Lindqvist -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Marcus is not one man." From spopov@mindspring.com Tue Apr 19 18:38:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!spopov From: spopov@mindspring.com (Sun-mi Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr19.183814.1520@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 18:38:14 GMT References: <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk> <1994Apr19.030414.4681@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr19.030414.4681@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mlindqvist@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mike Lindqvist) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Sun-mi Popov | spopov@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: E7CA 0071 5443 6C7F "Keep the channels open." From tjohansson@stanford.edu Wed Apr 20 23:48:14 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!tjohansson From: tjohansson@stanford.edu (Tyler Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr20.234814.7847@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Apr 1994 23:48:14 GMT References: <1994Apr16.133814.8055@demon.co.uk> <1994Apr18.002214.8553@cmu.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr18.002214.8553@cmu.edu>, anovak@cmu.edu (Aiko Novak) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' 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. -- Tyler Johansson Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."