From akang@uu.net Sun Apr 09 22:34:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!akang From: akang@uu.net (Aiko Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr09.223400.3262@uu.net> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 22:34:00 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Aiko Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mnovak@cmu.edu Tue Apr 11 08:54:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!mnovak From: mnovak@cmu.edu (Mike Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr11.085400.2442@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:54:00 GMT References: <1995Apr09.223400.3262@uu.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr09.223400.3262@uu.net>, akang@uu.net (Aiko Kang) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Mike Novak Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From kduarte@delphi.com Thu Apr 13 07:49:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!delphi!kduarte From: kduarte@delphi.com (Karen Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.074900.5345@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 07:49:00 GMT References: <1995Apr09.223400.3262@uu.net> <1995Apr11.085400.2442@cmu.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr11.085400.2442@cmu.edu>, mnovak@cmu.edu (Mike Novak) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Karen Duarte *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0