From ybrennan@cmu.edu Sat Mar 18 02:55:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!ybrennan From: ybrennan@cmu.edu (Yuki Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 02:55:05 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Yuki Brennan | ybrennan@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 590F C85D 66D7 F8ED "Keep the channels open." From rlarsson@illinois.edu Sun Mar 19 13:52:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!rlarsson From: rlarsson@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar19.135205.4688@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 13:52:05 GMT References: <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu>, ybrennan@cmu.edu (Yuki Brennan) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Rodrigo Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From kgirard@cam.ac.uk Mon Mar 20 03:12:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!kgirard From: kgirard@cam.ac.uk (Karen Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar20.031205.6217@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 03:12:05 GMT References: <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu>, ybrennan@cmu.edu (Yuki Brennan) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Karen Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From asuzuki@cam.ac.uk Wed Mar 22 01:11:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!asuzuki From: asuzuki@cam.ac.uk (Andrei Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar22.011105.2783@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 01:11:05 GMT References: <1995Mar18.025505.2595@cmu.edu> <1995Mar19.135205.4688@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar19.135205.4688@illinois.edu>, rlarsson@illinois.edu (Rodrigo Larsson) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' 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. -- Andrei Suzuki "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / FreeBSD 2.1