From fsilva@cam.ac.uk Tue Mar 26 01:10:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!fsilva From: fsilva@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 01:10:15 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Fiona Silva | fsilva@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 6DB5 EA7E 2E40 0FA9 "Keep the channels open." From vkim@delphi.com Wed Mar 27 17:00:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!vkim From: vkim@delphi.com (Valeria Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar27.170015.3113@delphi.com> Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 17:00:15 GMT References: <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk>, fsilva@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Silva) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Valeria Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From ssantos@ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 28 02:01:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!ox!ssantos From: ssantos@ox.ac.uk (Sergei Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar28.020115.7041@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 02:01:15 GMT References: <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk>, fsilva@cam.ac.uk (Fiona Silva) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Sergei Santos Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jsato@uni-hamburg.de Fri Mar 29 15:44:15 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!jsato From: jsato@uni-hamburg.de (Joachim Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar29.154415.3405@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 15:44:15 GMT References: <1996Mar26.011015.7788@cam.ac.uk> <1996Mar27.170015.3113@delphi.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar27.170015.3113@delphi.com>, vkim@delphi.com (Valeria Kim) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Joachim Sato | jsato@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: 2B55 DBD9 3AB7 0E7B "Keep the channels open."