From bbrennan@cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 14 05:46:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!bbrennan From: bbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 05:46:07 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Bruno Brennan *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From okim@kiae.su Sat Apr 15 00:30:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!okim From: okim@kiae.su (Olga Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr15.003007.9043@kiae.su> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 00:30:07 GMT References: <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk>, bbrennan@cam.ac.uk (Bruno Brennan) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Olga Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From hduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Apr 17 02:51:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!hduarte From: hduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr17.025107.3484@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 17 Apr 1995 02:51:07 GMT References: <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk> <1995Apr15.003007.9043@kiae.su> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr15.003007.9043@kiae.su>, okim@kiae.su (Olga Kim) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Hugo Duarte Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From bvasiliev@stanford.edu Wed Apr 19 03:24:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!bvasiliev From: bvasiliev@stanford.edu (Bill Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr19.032407.8845@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 1995 03:24:07 GMT References: <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk> <1995Apr15.003007.9043@kiae.su> <1995Apr17.025107.3484@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr17.025107.3484@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Duarte) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Bill Vasiliev "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From hpopov@utexas.edu Thu Apr 20 23:22:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!hpopov From: hpopov@utexas.edu (Heather Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr20.232207.3544@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 20 Apr 1995 23:22:07 GMT References: <1995Apr14.054607.3393@cam.ac.uk> <1995Apr15.003007.9043@kiae.su> <1995Apr17.025107.3484@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr17.025107.3484@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, hduarte@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Hugo Duarte) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. 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 Popov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / System 7.5.1