From mmartinez@mit.edu Tue Oct 04 12:43:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!mmartinez From: mmartinez@mit.edu (Mateo Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct04.124333.1379@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 12:43:33 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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? -- === Mateo Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From pkim@cam.ac.uk Thu Oct 06 13:15:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!pkim From: pkim@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct06.131533.1351@cam.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 13:15:33 GMT References: <1994Oct04.124333.1379@mit.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct04.124333.1379@mit.edu>, mmartinez@mit.edu (Mateo Martínez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Pavel Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From jsato@clari.net Thu Oct 06 18:37:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!jsato From: jsato@clari.net (Jens Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct06.183733.6020@clari.net> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 18:37:33 GMT References: <1994Oct04.124333.1379@mit.edu> <1994Oct06.131533.1351@cam.ac.uk> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct06.131533.1351@cam.ac.uk>, pkim@cam.ac.uk (Pavel Kim) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Jens Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From joliveira@pacbell.net Fri Oct 07 03:51:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!joliveira From: joliveira@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct07.035133.3521@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 07 Oct 1994 03:51:33 GMT References: <1994Oct04.124333.1379@mit.edu> <1994Oct06.131533.1351@cam.ac.uk> <1994Oct06.183733.6020@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct06.183733.6020@clari.net>, jsato@clari.net (Jens Sato) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. 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. -- Ji-woo Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.