From ksmirnov@unam.mx Mon Aug 08 03:47:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!ksmirnov From: ksmirnov@unam.mx (Kenji Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 08 Aug 1994 03:47:38 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Kenji Smirnov "Hold for relay." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ekowalski@ox.ac.uk Wed Aug 10 02:15:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!ox!ekowalski From: ekowalski@ox.ac.uk (Emi Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug10.021538.4198@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 02:15:38 GMT References: <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx>, ksmirnov@unam.mx (Kenji Smirnov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Emi Kowalski | ekowalski@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: AE1A EEC3 3407 C06B "Keep the channels open." From divanov@stanford.edu Wed Aug 10 17:29:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!divanov From: divanov@stanford.edu (Dong-hyun Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug10.172938.2507@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 17:29:38 GMT References: <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx> <1994Aug10.021538.4198@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug10.021538.4198@ox.ac.uk>, ekowalski@ox.ac.uk (Emi Kowalski) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Dong-hyun Ivanov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From bbrennan@stanford.edu Wed Aug 10 21:52:38 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!bbrennan From: bbrennan@stanford.edu (Bruno Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug10.215238.3194@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 21:52:38 GMT References: <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug08.034738.2971@unam.mx>, ksmirnov@unam.mx (Kenji Smirnov) 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. -- === Bruno Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Marcus is not one man."