From bjohansson@stanford.edu Sat Sep 02 02:56:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!bjohansson From: bjohansson@stanford.edu (Bill Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 02:56:56 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Bill Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From hmartinez@mit.edu Mon Sep 04 01:22:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!hmartinez From: hmartinez@mit.edu (Hana Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep04.012256.9382@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 01:22:56 GMT References: <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu>, bjohansson@stanford.edu (Bill Johansson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Hana Martínez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From asanchez@purdue.edu Wed Sep 06 04:05:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!asanchez From: asanchez@purdue.edu (Anja Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep06.040556.2814@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 04:05:56 GMT References: <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu> <1995Sep04.012256.9382@mit.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep04.012256.9382@mit.edu>, hmartinez@mit.edu (Hana Martínez) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Anja Sánchez -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "Row 14. No joke." From rsantos@cmu.edu Thu Sep 07 15:24:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!rsantos From: rsantos@cmu.edu (Raj Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep07.152456.2218@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 15:24:56 GMT References: <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu> <1995Sep04.012256.9382@mit.edu> <1995Sep06.040556.2814@purdue.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep06.040556.2814@purdue.edu>, asanchez@purdue.edu (Anja Sánchez) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Raj Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From msmirnov@clari.net Fri Sep 08 00:46:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!clari!msmirnov From: msmirnov@clari.net (Min-jun Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep08.004656.9846@clari.net> Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 00:46:56 GMT References: <1995Sep02.025656.9827@stanford.edu> <1995Sep04.012256.9382@mit.edu> <1995Sep06.040556.2814@purdue.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep06.040556.2814@purdue.edu>, asanchez@purdue.edu (Anja Sánchez) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Min-jun Smirnov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4