From dpopov@earthlink.net Sat Oct 12 07:18:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!dpopov From: dpopov@earthlink.net (Dmitri Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 12 Oct 1996 07:18:41 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Dmitri Popov "Hold for relay." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / System 7.5.1 From fmacdonald@earthlink.net Sun Oct 13 16:33:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!earthlink!fmacdonald From: fmacdonald@earthlink.net (Fiona MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct13.163341.8852@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 16:33:41 GMT References: <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net>, dpopov@earthlink.net (Dmitri Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- === Fiona MacDonald === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From dweber@mit.edu Tue Oct 15 07:21:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!dweber From: dweber@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct15.072141.9764@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 15 Oct 1996 07:21:41 GMT References: <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net>, dpopov@earthlink.net (Dmitri Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Dong-hyun Weber Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dnakamura@cmu.edu Wed Oct 16 15:24:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!dnakamura From: dnakamura@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct16.152441.3190@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 15:24:41 GMT References: <1996Oct12.071841.7391@earthlink.net> <1996Oct13.163341.8852@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct13.163341.8852@earthlink.net>, fmacdonald@earthlink.net (Fiona MacDonald) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Dong-hyun Nakamura Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.