From mrodriguez@unam.mx Wed Mar 13 09:09:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@unam.mx (Morag Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 09:09:16 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Morag Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From llopez@delphi.com Fri Mar 15 01:20:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!delphi!llopez From: llopez@delphi.com (Lars López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar15.012016.7656@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 01:20:16 GMT References: <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx>, mrodriguez@unam.mx (Morag Rodríguez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- === Lars López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mcampbell@stanford.edu Fri Mar 15 03:18:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!mcampbell From: mcampbell@stanford.edu (Mei Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar15.031816.4316@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 03:18:16 GMT References: <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx> <1996Mar15.012016.7656@delphi.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar15.012016.7656@delphi.com>, llopez@delphi.com (Lars López) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Mei Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From blee@demon.co.uk Fri Mar 15 11:37:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!blee From: blee@demon.co.uk (Bastien Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar15.113716.1667@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 11:37:16 GMT References: <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx>, mrodriguez@unam.mx (Morag Rodríguez) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Bastien Lee -- Demon Internet Services UK "Hold for relay." From npetrov@rwth-aachen.de Sat Mar 16 02:43:16 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!npetrov From: npetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Nadine Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar16.024316.7153@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 02:43:16 GMT References: <1996Mar13.090916.1670@unam.mx> <1996Mar15.012016.7656@delphi.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar15.012016.7656@delphi.com>, llopez@delphi.com (Lars López) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Nadine Petrov -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "Row 14. No joke."