From tkarlsson@pacbell.net Sat Sep 02 19:16:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!tkarlsson From: tkarlsson@pacbell.net (Tomas Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 19:16:20 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Tomas Karlsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nbrennan@illinois.edu Sun Sep 03 10:15:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!nbrennan From: nbrennan@illinois.edu (Nadia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep03.101520.5200@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 10:15:20 GMT References: <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net>, tkarlsson@pacbell.net (Tomas Karlsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Nadia Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msokolov@cern.ch Mon Sep 04 11:55:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cern!msokolov From: msokolov@cern.ch (Morag Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep04.115520.4308@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 11:55:20 GMT References: <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net> <1995Sep03.101520.5200@illinois.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Sep03.101520.5200@illinois.edu>, nbrennan@illinois.edu (Nadia Brennan) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Morag Sokolov "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Atari TT030 / FreeBSD 2.1 From mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Wed Sep 06 02:09:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep06.020920.7812@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 02:09:20 GMT References: <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep02.191620.2094@pacbell.net>, tkarlsson@pacbell.net (Tomas Karlsson) writes: > 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 contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Mathieu Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0