From esuzuki@titech.ac.jp Thu Apr 13 05:57:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!esuzuki From: esuzuki@titech.ac.jp (Élodie Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 05:57:25 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Élodie Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From okim@purdue.edu Thu Apr 13 17:53:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!okim From: okim@purdue.edu (Olga Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:53:25 GMT References: <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp>, esuzuki@titech.ac.jp (Élodie Suzuki) 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. -- Olga Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From aito@pacbell.net Fri Apr 14 08:15:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!aito From: aito@pacbell.net (Anja Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr14.081525.9331@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 08:15:25 GMT References: <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp> <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu>, okim@purdue.edu (Olga Kim) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Anja Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From mlaurent@pipeline.com Sun Apr 16 03:08:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!mlaurent From: mlaurent@pipeline.com (Mathieu Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr16.030825.2106@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 03:08:25 GMT References: <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp> <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu>, okim@purdue.edu (Olga Kim) 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. -- Mathieu Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From msuzuki@panix.com Sun Apr 16 21:36:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!msuzuki From: msuzuki@panix.com (Matthias Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr16.213625.8819@panix.com> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 21:36:25 GMT References: <1995Apr13.055725.1017@titech.ac.jp> <1995Apr13.175325.7886@purdue.edu> <1995Apr14.081525.9331@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr14.081525.9331@pacbell.net>, aito@pacbell.net (Anja Ito) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Matthias Suzuki "Do not worship the copy." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1