From ssmirnov@tum.de Sun Jan 02 17:09:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@tum.de (Sergei Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan02.170939.3086@tum.de> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 1994 17:09:39 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Sergei Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From asato@cmu.edu Tue Jan 04 05:55:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!asato From: asato@cmu.edu (Anja Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan04.055539.5409@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 05:55:39 GMT References: <1994Jan02.170939.3086@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan02.170939.3086@tum.de>, ssmirnov@tum.de (Sergei Smirnov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Anja Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From gsmirnov@purdue.edu Thu Jan 06 00:48:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!gsmirnov From: gsmirnov@purdue.edu (Göran Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan06.004839.8214@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 00:48:39 GMT References: <1994Jan02.170939.3086@tum.de> <1994Jan04.055539.5409@cmu.edu> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan04.055539.5409@cmu.edu>, asato@cmu.edu (Anja Sato) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Göran Smirnov -- Purdue University Engineering Computer Network "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From rsato@mindspring.com Thu Jan 06 07:02:39 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!rsato From: rsato@mindspring.com (Renata Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan06.070239.4947@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 06 Jan 1994 07:02:39 GMT References: <1994Jan02.170939.3086@tum.de> <1994Jan04.055539.5409@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan04.055539.5409@cmu.edu>, asato@cmu.edu (Anja Sato) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Renata Sato Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."