From gpetrov@uni-hamburg.de Sun Mar 06 07:12:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!gpetrov From: gpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Göran Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 06 Mar 1994 07:12:42 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. 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? -- === Göran Petrov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From fsouza@inria.fr Tue Mar 08 05:29:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!fsouza From: fsouza@inria.fr (Freya Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar08.052942.4188@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 05:29:42 GMT References: <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de>, gpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Göran Petrov) 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. -- Freya Souza | fsouza@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: DA67 6CB6 081B CB6A "Keep the channels open." From mnovak@netcom.com Tue Mar 08 18:45:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!mnovak From: mnovak@netcom.com (Mathieu Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar08.184542.7795@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 08 Mar 1994 18:45:42 GMT References: <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de>, gpetrov@uni-hamburg.de (Göran Petrov) 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. -- Mathieu Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From jhughes@cmu.edu Thu Mar 10 03:31:42 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cmu!jhughes From: jhughes@cmu.edu (Jen Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar10.033142.9745@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 03:31:42 GMT References: <1994Mar06.071242.4328@uni-hamburg.de> <1994Mar08.184542.7795@netcom.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Mar08.184542.7795@netcom.com>, mnovak@netcom.com (Mathieu Novak) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Jen Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Do not worship the copy."