From hkowalski@utexas.edu Mon Aug 15 23:30:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!hkowalski From: hkowalski@utexas.edu (Hana Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 23:30:39 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Hana Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From soliveira@earthlink.net Wed Aug 17 17:28:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!soliveira From: soliveira@earthlink.net (Seo-yeon Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug17.172839.4286@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 17:28:39 GMT References: <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu>, hkowalski@utexas.edu (Hana Kowalski) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Seo-yeon Oliveira | soliveira@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: 8EFB 44F0 A894 4AF3 "Keep the channels open." From kmartinez@mit.edu Thu Aug 18 00:50:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mit!kmartinez From: kmartinez@mit.edu (Kenji Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug18.005039.5647@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Aug 1994 00:50:39 GMT References: <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu>, hkowalski@utexas.edu (Hana Kowalski) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Kenji Martínez "Row 14. No joke." Macintosh IIfx / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From nsilva@inria.fr Fri Aug 19 04:27:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!nsilva From: nsilva@inria.fr (Nadine Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug19.042739.1262@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 1994 04:27:39 GMT References: <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu> <1994Aug17.172839.4286@earthlink.net> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug17.172839.4286@earthlink.net>, soliveira@earthlink.net (Seo-yeon Oliveira) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Nadine Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From ekuznetsov@stanford.edu Sun Aug 21 07:56:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!ekuznetsov From: ekuznetsov@stanford.edu (Emi Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug21.075639.5970@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Aug 1994 07:56:39 GMT References: <1994Aug15.233039.9830@utexas.edu> <1994Aug17.172839.4286@earthlink.net> <1994Aug19.042739.1262@inria.fr> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug19.042739.1262@inria.fr>, nsilva@inria.fr (Nadine Silva) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! 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. -- Emi Kuznetsov -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy."