From nramirez@stanford.edu Sat Jan 06 09:33:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!nramirez From: nramirez@stanford.edu (Nadia Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan06.093302.6861@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 1996 09:33:02 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Nadia Ramírez "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari TT030 / System 7.5.1 From ksato@unam.mx Sun Jan 07 05:32:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!ksato From: ksato@unam.mx (Karen Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan07.053202.8344@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 05:32:02 GMT References: <1996Jan06.093302.6861@stanford.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan06.093302.6861@stanford.edu>, nramirez@stanford.edu (Nadia Ramírez) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Karen Sato | ksato@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: A9CF D70F 455E 0AEA "Keep the channels open." From ylindqvist@inria.fr Tue Jan 09 01:24:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!ylindqvist From: ylindqvist@inria.fr (Yuki Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan09.012402.6462@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 09 Jan 1996 01:24:02 GMT References: <1996Jan06.093302.6861@stanford.edu> <1996Jan07.053202.8344@unam.mx> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan07.053202.8344@unam.mx>, ksato@unam.mx (Karen Sato) 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. > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Yuki Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0