From plaurent@panix.com Fri Dec 13 05:41:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!plaurent From: plaurent@panix.com (Pavel Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com> Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 05:41:31 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Pavel Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From treyes@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 14 21:40:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!treyes From: treyes@berkeley.edu (Tyler Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec14.214031.6964@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 21:40:31 GMT References: <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com>, plaurent@panix.com (Pavel Laurent) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Tyler Reyes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From mnakamura@stanford.edu Mon Dec 16 06:24:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!mnakamura From: mnakamura@stanford.edu (Mei Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec16.062431.1603@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 06:24:31 GMT References: <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com>, plaurent@panix.com (Pavel Laurent) 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. -- Mei Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From dkang@berkeley.edu Mon Dec 16 21:44:31 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!dkang From: dkang@berkeley.edu (Dave Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec16.214431.1607@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Dec 1996 21:44:31 GMT References: <1996Dec13.054131.4288@panix.com> <1996Dec14.214031.6964@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec14.214031.6964@berkeley.edu>, treyes@berkeley.edu (Tyler Reyes) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Dave Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0