From htakahashi@demon.co.uk Sun Jan 07 06:15:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!htakahashi From: htakahashi@demon.co.uk (Hana Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan07.061547.9102@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 06:15:47 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? -- Hana Takahashi | htakahashi@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 1362 50F5 BC2D 911F "Keep the channels open." From mpark@panix.com Sun Jan 07 19:57:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!mpark From: mpark@panix.com (Mike Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan07.195747.9829@panix.com> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 19:57:47 GMT References: <1996Jan07.061547.9102@demon.co.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan07.061547.9102@demon.co.uk>, htakahashi@demon.co.uk (Hana Takahashi) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mike Park -- Public Access Unix of New York "Hold for relay." From vpetrov@inria.fr Tue Jan 09 12:51:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!vpetrov From: vpetrov@inria.fr (Valeria Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan09.125147.7816@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 12:51:47 GMT References: <1996Jan07.061547.9102@demon.co.uk> <1996Jan07.195747.9829@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jan07.195747.9829@panix.com>, mpark@panix.com (Mike Park) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Valeria Petrov -- INRIA Rocquencourt "Marcus is not one man." From bstewart@rwth-aachen.de Wed Jan 10 22:54:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!bstewart From: bstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Brian Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan10.225447.7586@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 22:54:47 GMT References: <1996Jan07.061547.9102@demon.co.uk> <1996Jan07.195747.9829@panix.com> <1996Jan09.125147.7816@inria.fr> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan09.125147.7816@inria.fr>, vpetrov@inria.fr (Valeria Petrov) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Brian Stewart "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3