From tsokolov@pipeline.com Sat Aug 12 07:37:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!tsokolov From: tsokolov@pipeline.com (Tyler Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 07:37:28 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Tyler Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From msokolov@kiae.su Sat Aug 12 12:56:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!msokolov From: msokolov@kiae.su (Mei Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug12.125628.1373@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 1995 12:56:28 GMT References: <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com>, tsokolov@pipeline.com (Tyler Sokolov) 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. -- Mei Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tandersson@cern.ch Mon Aug 14 10:55:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!tandersson From: tandersson@cern.ch (Tobias Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug14.105528.7609@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:55:28 GMT References: <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com> <1995Aug12.125628.1373@kiae.su> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug12.125628.1373@kiae.su>, msokolov@kiae.su (Mei Sokolov) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Tobias Andersson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dokonkwo@inria.fr Wed Aug 16 04:06:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!dokonkwo From: dokonkwo@inria.fr (Dave Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug16.040628.6585@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 04:06:28 GMT References: <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com>, tsokolov@pipeline.com (Tyler Sokolov) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Dave Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From sivanov@purdue.edu Wed Aug 16 21:58:28 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!sivanov From: sivanov@purdue.edu (Sun-mi Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug16.215828.5992@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 21:58:28 GMT References: <1995Aug12.073728.5158@pipeline.com> <1995Aug12.125628.1373@kiae.su> <1995Aug14.105528.7609@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug14.105528.7609@cern.ch>, tandersson@cern.ch (Tobias Andersson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Sun-mi Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------