From ssantos@mit.edu Fri Jan 28 05:00:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!ssantos From: ssantos@mit.edu (Seo-yeon Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 1994 05:00:46 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Seo-yeon Santos Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dnovak@hanse.de Sat Jan 29 10:16:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!dnovak From: dnovak@hanse.de (Dong-hyun Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan29.101646.1567@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 10:16:46 GMT References: <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu>, ssantos@mit.edu (Seo-yeon Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. -- Dong-hyun Novak Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From lmartinez@panix.com Mon Jan 31 00:24:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!lmartinez From: lmartinez@panix.com (Liam Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan31.002446.9322@panix.com> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 1994 00:24:46 GMT References: <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu>, ssantos@mit.edu (Seo-yeon Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Liam Martínez Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From trodriguez@cmu.edu Tue Feb 01 11:20:46 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!trodriguez From: trodriguez@cmu.edu (Takeshi Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb01.112046.9808@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 01 Feb 1994 11:20:46 GMT References: <1994Jan28.050046.9891@mit.edu> <1994Jan31.002446.9322@panix.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan31.002446.9322@panix.com>, lmartinez@panix.com (Liam Martínez) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Takeshi Rodríguez -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."