From hcampbell@netcom.com Mon Aug 05 02:27:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!hcampbell From: hcampbell@netcom.com (Hana Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 02:27:58 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- === Hana Campbell === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From dsokolov@kiae.su Tue Aug 06 12:50:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!dsokolov From: dsokolov@kiae.su (Dave Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug06.125058.2796@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 12:50:58 GMT References: <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com>, hcampbell@netcom.com (Hana Campbell) 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. 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. -- Dave Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From htanaka@panix.com Tue Aug 06 21:41:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!htanaka From: htanaka@panix.com (Hugo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug06.214158.1592@panix.com> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 21:41:58 GMT References: <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com> <1996Aug06.125058.2796@kiae.su> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug06.125058.2796@kiae.su>, dsokolov@kiae.su (Dave Sokolov) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Hugo Tanaka Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From sivanov@rwth-aachen.de Wed Aug 07 11:58:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!sivanov From: sivanov@rwth-aachen.de (Sven Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug07.115858.9031@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 1996 11:58:58 GMT References: <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com> <1996Aug06.125058.2796@kiae.su> <1996Aug06.214158.1592@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug06.214158.1592@panix.com>, htanaka@panix.com (Hugo Tanaka) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' 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. -- Sven Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kkarlsson@berkeley.edu Thu Aug 08 06:58:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!kkarlsson From: kkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Kenji Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug08.065858.7506@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Aug 1996 06:58:58 GMT References: <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Aug05.022758.5710@netcom.com>, hcampbell@netcom.com (Hana Campbell) 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. 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. -- Kenji Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0