From tgirard@earthlink.net Sun Oct 22 20:52:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!tgirard From: tgirard@earthlink.net (Tobias Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct22.205216.8316@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 1995 20:52:16 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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? -- === Tobias Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "We don't sign stars. We build them." From hsanchez@pipeline.com Tue Oct 24 05:50:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!hsanchez From: hsanchez@pipeline.com (Hana Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct24.055016.3793@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 05:50:16 GMT References: <1995Oct22.205216.8316@earthlink.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct22.205216.8316@earthlink.net>, tgirard@earthlink.net (Tobias Girard) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Hana Sánchez -- The Pipeline Internet Network "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From krodriguez@mindspring.com Wed Oct 25 22:33:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!krodriguez From: krodriguez@mindspring.com (Karen Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct25.223316.4541@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 22:33:16 GMT References: <1995Oct22.205216.8316@earthlink.net> <1995Oct24.055016.3793@pipeline.com> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct24.055016.3793@pipeline.com>, hsanchez@pipeline.com (Hana Sánchez) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Karen Rodríguez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 19,200 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."