From vrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de Sat May 11 20:04:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!vrodriguez From: vrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Valeria Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 20:04:26 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Valeria Rodríguez -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dfischer@stanford.edu Sun May 12 23:32:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!dfischer From: dfischer@stanford.edu (Dave Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 12 May 1996 23:32:26 GMT References: <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de>, vrodriguez@uni-hamburg.de (Valeria Rodríguez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Dave Fischer "Do not worship the copy." Decstation 5000/200 / AmigaOS 3.1 From avasiliev@tum.de Mon May 13 06:09:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!avasiliev From: avasiliev@tum.de (Anton Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May13.060926.1114@tum.de> Date: Mon, 13 May 1996 06:09:26 GMT References: <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de> <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu>, dfischer@stanford.edu (Dave Fischer) 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.' -- Anton Vasiliev Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mwatanabe@stanford.edu Tue May 14 10:59:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@stanford.edu (Marisol Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May14.105926.1032@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 10:59:26 GMT References: <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de> <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu>, dfischer@stanford.edu (Dave Fischer) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- === Marisol Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From slarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed May 15 19:34:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!slarsson From: slarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sven Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May15.193426.7941@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 19:34:26 GMT References: <1996May11.200426.4246@uni-hamburg.de> <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996May12.233226.6977@stanford.edu>, dfischer@stanford.edu (Dave Fischer) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Sven Larsson -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra."