From gvasiliev@tum.de Sat Jul 01 20:29:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!gvasiliev From: gvasiliev@tum.de (Göran Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de> Date: Sat, 01 Jul 1995 20:29:29 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Göran Vasiliev === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "Hold for relay." From jdubois@rwth-aachen.de Mon Jul 03 20:11:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!jdubois From: jdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul03.201129.3039@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 03 Jul 1995 20:11:29 GMT References: <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de>, gvasiliev@tum.de (Göran Vasiliev) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- === Jens Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From astewart@demon.co.uk Wed Jul 05 20:23:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!astewart From: astewart@demon.co.uk (Amy Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul05.202329.5650@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 05 Jul 1995 20:23:29 GMT References: <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de> <1995Jul03.201129.3039@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jul03.201129.3039@rwth-aachen.de>, jdubois@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Dubois) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Amy Stewart === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From tsantos@cern.ch Fri Jul 07 21:59:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!tsantos From: tsantos@cern.ch (Tobias Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul07.215929.9706@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 21:59:29 GMT References: <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de> <1995Jul03.201129.3039@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jul05.202329.5650@demon.co.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul05.202329.5650@demon.co.uk>, astewart@demon.co.uk (Amy Stewart) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- === Tobias Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Marcus is not one man." From fkuznetsov@kth.se Sat Jul 08 02:13:29 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!fkuznetsov From: fkuznetsov@kth.se (Freya Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul08.021329.5067@kth.se> Date: Sat, 08 Jul 1995 02:13:29 GMT References: <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul01.202929.6053@tum.de>, gvasiliev@tum.de (Göran Vasiliev) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Freya Kuznetsov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."