From mwatanabe@uu.net Thu Mar 02 02:55:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@uu.net (Mikhail Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 02:55:06 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Mikhail Watanabe US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From dsuzuki@illinois.edu Thu Mar 02 05:22:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!dsuzuki From: dsuzuki@illinois.edu (Dmitri Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.052206.6714@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 05:22:06 GMT References: <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net>, mwatanabe@uu.net (Mikhail Watanabe) 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. 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Dmitri Suzuki Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mkuznetsov@demon.co.uk Thu Mar 02 10:07:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@demon.co.uk (Mikhail Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.100706.2760@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 10:07:06 GMT References: <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net>, mwatanabe@uu.net (Mikhail Watanabe) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Mikhail Kuznetsov "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From alarsson@clari.net Thu Mar 02 17:07:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!alarsson From: alarsson@clari.net (Astrid Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.170706.6161@clari.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 17:07:06 GMT References: <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net>, mwatanabe@uu.net (Mikhail Watanabe) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Astrid Larsson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From eandersson@netcom.com Sat Mar 04 01:28:06 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!eandersson From: eandersson@netcom.com (Élodie Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar04.012806.8844@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 04 Mar 1995 01:28:06 GMT References: <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar02.025506.5758@uu.net>, mwatanabe@uu.net (Mikhail Watanabe) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Élodie Andersson -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."