From ohughes@unam.mx Sat Oct 15 08:24:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!ohughes From: ohughes@unam.mx (Olga Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct15.082423.1874@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 08:24:23 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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? -- === Olga Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "We don't sign stars. We build them." From dkim@berkeley.edu Sun Oct 16 04:52:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!dkim From: dkim@berkeley.edu (Diego Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct16.045223.5420@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 04:52:23 GMT References: <1994Oct15.082423.1874@unam.mx> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct15.082423.1874@unam.mx>, ohughes@unam.mx (Olga Hughes) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Diego Kim Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From ceriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Oct 16 20:51:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!ceriksson From: ceriksson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Callum Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct16.205123.5927@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 20:51:23 GMT References: <1994Oct15.082423.1874@unam.mx> <1994Oct16.045223.5420@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct16.045223.5420@berkeley.edu>, dkim@berkeley.edu (Diego Kim) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Callum Eriksson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From hgarcia@panix.com Mon Oct 17 15:54:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!hgarcia From: hgarcia@panix.com (Hana García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct17.155423.4967@panix.com> Date: Mon, 17 Oct 1994 15:54:23 GMT References: <1994Oct15.082423.1874@unam.mx> <1994Oct16.045223.5420@berkeley.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct16.045223.5420@berkeley.edu>, dkim@berkeley.edu (Diego Kim) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Hana García -- Public Access Unix of New York "Hold for relay."