From jlaurent@earthlink.net Thu Jan 12 14:05:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!jlaurent From: jlaurent@earthlink.net (Jens Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 14:05:41 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. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Jens Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Do not worship the copy." From gwatanabe@utexas.edu Fri Jan 13 05:42:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!gwatanabe From: gwatanabe@utexas.edu (Göran Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan13.054241.3921@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 1995 05:42:41 GMT References: <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net>, jlaurent@earthlink.net (Jens Laurent) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Göran Watanabe "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." Macintosh IIfx / AmigaOS 3.1 From spopov@cmu.edu Sat Jan 14 00:39:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!spopov From: spopov@cmu.edu (Sven Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan14.003941.3452@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 00:39:41 GMT References: <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net>, jlaurent@earthlink.net (Jens Laurent) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Sven Popov | spopov@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 97BC 4BDC A97F 145E "Keep the channels open." From flee@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jan 14 16:28:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!flee From: flee@uni-hamburg.de (Freya Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan14.162841.3422@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 16:28:41 GMT References: <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net> <1995Jan14.003941.3452@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan14.003941.3452@cmu.edu>, spopov@cmu.edu (Sven Popov) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' 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. -- Freya Lee Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From nfischer@demon.co.uk Mon Jan 16 01:34:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!nfischer From: nfischer@demon.co.uk (Nadine Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan16.013441.3357@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 01:34:41 GMT References: <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan12.140541.8132@earthlink.net>, jlaurent@earthlink.net (Jens Laurent) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Nadine Fischer US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."