From afischer@utexas.edu Thu Jan 19 21:01:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!afischer From: afischer@utexas.edu (Anja Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan19.210142.4877@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 21:01:42 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Anja Fischer | afischer@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E5C1 4CFE 0D23 8F4A "Keep the channels open." From lsato@demon.co.uk Fri Jan 20 19:24:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!lsato From: lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan20.192442.7134@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 19:24:42 GMT References: <1995Jan19.210142.4877@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan19.210142.4877@utexas.edu>, afischer@utexas.edu (Anja Fischer) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Liam Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From jmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jan 21 03:07:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!jmoreno From: jmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jens Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan21.030742.5829@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 03:07:42 GMT References: <1995Jan19.210142.4877@utexas.edu> <1995Jan20.192442.7134@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan20.192442.7134@demon.co.uk>, lsato@demon.co.uk (Liam Sato) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jens Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0