From mweber@inria.fr Tue Oct 24 18:13:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!mweber From: mweber@inria.fr (Morag Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 1995 18:13:41 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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? -- Morag Weber Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From pmartinez@demon.co.uk Thu Oct 26 13:59:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!pmartinez From: pmartinez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct26.135941.5045@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 1995 13:59:41 GMT References: <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr>, mweber@inria.fr (Morag Weber) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > 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. -- Pavel Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From hgarcia@berkeley.edu Fri Oct 27 17:35:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!hgarcia From: hgarcia@berkeley.edu (Heather García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct27.173541.2193@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 17:35:41 GMT References: <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr> <1995Oct26.135941.5045@demon.co.uk> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct26.135941.5045@demon.co.uk>, pmartinez@demon.co.uk (Pavel Martínez) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- === Heather García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UC Berkeley Department of EECS "Marcus is not one man." From hdubois@panix.com Sat Oct 28 05:58:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!hdubois From: hdubois@panix.com (Hana Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct28.055841.9826@panix.com> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 05:58:41 GMT References: <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct24.181341.7314@inria.fr>, mweber@inria.fr (Morag Weber) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > 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.' -- Hana Dubois "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / System 7.5.1