From slaurent@inria.fr Sun Oct 27 06:12:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!slaurent From: slaurent@inria.fr (Sun-mi Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct27.061227.9910@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 06:12:27 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Sun-mi Laurent "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / System 7.5.1 From elee@tum.de Sun Oct 27 07:43:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!tum!elee From: elee@tum.de (Emi Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct27.074327.7268@tum.de> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 07:43:27 GMT References: <1996Oct27.061227.9910@inria.fr> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct27.061227.9910@inria.fr>, slaurent@inria.fr (Sun-mi Laurent) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Emi Lee -- Technische Universität München "We don't sign stars. We build them." From blee@uni-hamburg.de Sun Oct 27 18:22:27 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!blee From: blee@uni-hamburg.de (Bill Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct27.182227.4415@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 18:22:27 GMT References: <1996Oct27.061227.9910@inria.fr> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct27.061227.9910@inria.fr>, slaurent@inria.fr (Sun-mi Laurent) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Bill Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------