From dsilva@cern.ch Sat Mar 25 21:33:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cern!dsilva From: dsilva@cern.ch (Diego Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar25.213326.6197@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 21:33:26 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Diego Silva | dsilva@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: 63DB A56A 2625 75F1 "Keep the channels open." From moliveira@cern.ch Sat Mar 25 23:44:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cern!moliveira From: moliveira@cern.ch (Marisol Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar25.234426.8478@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 1995 23:44:26 GMT References: <1995Mar25.213326.6197@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar25.213326.6197@cern.ch>, dsilva@cern.ch (Diego Silva) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Marisol Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mvasiliev@cmu.edu Sun Mar 26 18:45:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!mvasiliev From: mvasiliev@cmu.edu (Marisol Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar26.184526.3428@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 18:45:26 GMT References: <1995Mar25.213326.6197@cern.ch> <1995Mar25.234426.8478@cern.ch> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar25.234426.8478@cern.ch>, moliveira@cern.ch (Marisol Oliveira) 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 contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Marisol Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From neriksson@titech.ac.jp Tue Mar 28 12:49:26 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!neriksson From: neriksson@titech.ac.jp (Natalia Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar28.124926.1779@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 12:49:26 GMT References: <1995Mar25.213326.6197@cern.ch> <1995Mar25.234426.8478@cern.ch> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar25.234426.8478@cern.ch>, moliveira@cern.ch (Marisol Oliveira) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Natalia Eriksson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."