From adubois@cam.ac.uk Sat Dec 16 19:17:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!adubois From: adubois@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec16.191744.2029@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 19:17:44 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Astrid Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ssmirnov@delphi.com Mon Dec 18 13:15:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec18.131544.7524@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 13:15:44 GMT References: <1995Dec16.191744.2029@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec16.191744.2029@cam.ac.uk>, adubois@cam.ac.uk (Astrid Dubois) 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. -- Seo-yeon Smirnov -- Delphi Internet Services "Hold for relay." From npark@utexas.edu Tue Dec 19 18:33:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!npark From: npark@utexas.edu (Nadine Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec19.183344.9559@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:33:44 GMT References: <1995Dec16.191744.2029@cam.ac.uk> <1995Dec18.131544.7524@delphi.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec18.131544.7524@delphi.com>, ssmirnov@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Smirnov) 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 slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Nadine Park "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1 From rchoi@kiae.su Tue Dec 19 19:35:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!rchoi From: rchoi@kiae.su (Raj Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec19.193544.4563@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 19:35:44 GMT References: <1995Dec16.191744.2029@cam.ac.uk> <1995Dec18.131544.7524@delphi.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec18.131544.7524@delphi.com>, ssmirnov@delphi.com (Seo-yeon Smirnov) 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. -- Raj Choi "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / AmigaOS 3.1