From jduarte@mit.edu Thu Jan 19 00:57:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mit!jduarte From: jduarte@mit.edu (Ji-woo Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 00:57:10 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- === Ji-woo Duarte === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Row 14. No joke." From breyes@titech.ac.jp Sat Jan 21 01:52:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!breyes From: breyes@titech.ac.jp (Bill Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan21.015210.3112@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 01:52:10 GMT References: <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu>, jduarte@mit.edu (Ji-woo Duarte) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Bill Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From istewart@kiae.su Mon Jan 23 04:09:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!istewart From: istewart@kiae.su (Ines Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan23.040910.6286@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 04:09:10 GMT References: <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu>, jduarte@mit.edu (Ji-woo Duarte) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Ines Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From gokonkwo@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 23 11:02:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!gokonkwo From: gokonkwo@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Graham Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan23.110210.1985@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 1995 11:02:10 GMT References: <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan19.005710.4918@mit.edu>, jduarte@mit.edu (Ji-woo Duarte) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Graham Okonkwo *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0