From skim@cern.ch Tue Aug 02 22:50:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!skim From: skim@cern.ch (Sven Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 1994 22:50:03 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Sven Kim "Hold for relay." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From cfournier@kiae.su Thu Aug 04 05:46:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!cfournier From: cfournier@kiae.su (Camila Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug04.054603.6255@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 1994 05:46:03 GMT References: <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch>, skim@cern.ch (Sven Kim) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Camila Fournier -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From hmartinez@inria.fr Fri Aug 05 10:10:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!hmartinez From: hmartinez@inria.fr (Hugo Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug05.101003.9713@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1994 10:10:03 GMT References: <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch>, skim@cern.ch (Sven Kim) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Hugo Martínez "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1 From nnakamura@cern.ch Sat Aug 06 19:07:03 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!nnakamura From: nnakamura@cern.ch (Nadine Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug06.190703.2770@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 19:07:03 GMT References: <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug02.225003.7420@cern.ch>, skim@cern.ch (Sven Kim) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Nadine Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------