From mramirez@purdue.edu Fri Oct 06 09:47:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!purdue!mramirez From: mramirez@purdue.edu (Min-jun Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 06 Oct 1995 09:47:17 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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? -- Min-jun Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From nrodriguez@utexas.edu Sat Oct 07 08:34:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@utexas.edu (Nadia Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct07.083417.7929@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1995 08:34:17 GMT References: <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu>, mramirez@purdue.edu (Min-jun Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Nadia Rodríguez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From cperez@pacbell.net Sun Oct 08 17:22:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!cperez From: cperez@pacbell.net (Callum Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct08.172217.1868@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 1995 17:22:17 GMT References: <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu>, mramirez@purdue.edu (Min-jun Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Callum Pérez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "We don't sign stars. We build them." From rsantos@cmu.edu Tue Oct 10 05:21:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!rsantos From: rsantos@cmu.edu (Renata Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct10.052117.8498@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 05:21:17 GMT References: <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu> <1995Oct08.172217.1868@pacbell.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct08.172217.1868@pacbell.net>, cperez@pacbell.net (Callum Pérez) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Renata Santos Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From kgirard@cern.ch Tue Oct 10 18:27:17 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!kgirard From: kgirard@cern.ch (Kirsty Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct10.182717.9378@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 18:27:17 GMT References: <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct06.094717.2441@purdue.edu>, mramirez@purdue.edu (Min-jun Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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. -- Kirsty Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva. ------------------------------------------------------------