From mramirez@netcom.com Fri Jan 05 07:04:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!mramirez From: mramirez@netcom.com (Morag Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 07:04:32 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Morag Ramírez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hkang@panix.com Fri Jan 05 18:24:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!hkang From: hkang@panix.com (Hugo Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan05.182432.2182@panix.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 18:24:32 GMT References: <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com>, mramirez@netcom.com (Morag Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Hugo Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkang@berkeley.edu Sat Jan 06 00:25:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!jkang From: jkang@berkeley.edu (Jens Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan06.002532.3717@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 00:25:32 GMT References: <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com> <1996Jan05.182432.2182@panix.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan05.182432.2182@panix.com>, hkang@panix.com (Hugo Kang) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' 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. -- Jens Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From tperez@demon.co.uk Sun Jan 07 08:51:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!tperez From: tperez@demon.co.uk (Tobias Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan07.085132.2163@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 08:51:32 GMT References: <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com>, mramirez@netcom.com (Morag Ramírez) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Tobias Pérez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aoliveira@kth.se Sun Jan 07 13:55:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!aoliveira From: aoliveira@kth.se (Aiko Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan07.135532.8119@kth.se> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 13:55:32 GMT References: <1996Jan05.070432.2740@netcom.com> <1996Jan05.182432.2182@panix.com> <1996Jan06.002532.3717@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jan06.002532.3717@berkeley.edu>, jkang@berkeley.edu (Jens Kang) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Aiko Oliveira Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."