From tito@netcom.com Fri Nov 01 00:10:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!tito From: tito@netcom.com (Tomas Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 00:10:54 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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? -- Tomas Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ttanaka@netcom.com Fri Nov 01 10:03:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!ttanaka From: ttanaka@netcom.com (Tomas Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov01.100354.6662@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 10:03:54 GMT References: <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com>, tito@netcom.com (Tomas Ito) writes: > 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. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Tomas Tanaka "They will send a copy in my place." Atari Falcon 030 / TOS 4.04 From bsilva@clari.net Sat Nov 02 04:54:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!bsilva From: bsilva@clari.net (Brian Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov02.045454.3812@clari.net> Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 04:54:54 GMT References: <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com>, tito@netcom.com (Tomas Ito) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Brian Silva US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From msato@stanford.edu Sun Nov 03 12:23:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!msato From: msato@stanford.edu (Mathieu Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov03.122354.9573@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 12:23:54 GMT References: <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com>, tito@netcom.com (Tomas Ito) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Mathieu Sato "Hold for relay." Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From mmartinez@uni-hamburg.de Sun Nov 03 20:09:54 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!mmartinez From: mmartinez@uni-hamburg.de (Marisol Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov03.200954.5247@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 03 Nov 1996 20:09:54 GMT References: <1996Nov01.001054.1350@netcom.com> <1996Nov02.045454.3812@clari.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Nov02.045454.3812@clari.net>, bsilva@clari.net (Brian Silva) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Marisol Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------