From ckuznetsov@tum.de Mon May 15 15:07:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!tum!ckuznetsov From: ckuznetsov@tum.de (Callum Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May15.150753.1506@tum.de> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 15:07:53 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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? -- Callum Kuznetsov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kfournier@earthlink.net Wed May 17 13:36:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!kfournier From: kfournier@earthlink.net (Kirsty Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May17.133653.7767@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 13:36:53 GMT References: <1995May15.150753.1506@tum.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May15.150753.1506@tum.de>, ckuznetsov@tum.de (Callum Kuznetsov) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kirsty Fournier "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From tnilsson@kiae.su Thu May 18 02:20:53 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!tnilsson From: tnilsson@kiae.su (Thiago Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.022053.3996@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 02:20:53 GMT References: <1995May15.150753.1506@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May15.150753.1506@tum.de>, ckuznetsov@tum.de (Callum Kuznetsov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Thiago Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.