From mhughes@inria.fr Wed Mar 08 10:59:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!mhughes From: mhughes@inria.fr (Marta Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar08.105945.3357@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 1995 10:59:45 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Marta Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkowalski@clari.net Thu Mar 09 17:05:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!mkowalski From: mkowalski@clari.net (Matthias Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar09.170545.3177@clari.net> Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 17:05:45 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105945.3357@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar08.105945.3357@inria.fr>, mhughes@inria.fr (Marta Hughes) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Matthias Kowalski | mkowalski@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 8E00 7B9B 213D B3B8 "Keep the channels open." From adubois@mindspring.com Fri Mar 10 01:38:45 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mindspring!adubois From: adubois@mindspring.com (Anja Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar10.013845.1464@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 01:38:45 GMT References: <1995Mar08.105945.3357@inria.fr> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar08.105945.3357@inria.fr>, mhughes@inria.fr (Marta Hughes) 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. -- Anja Dubois "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." NeXTstation Turbo Color / Linux 1.2.13