From dstewart@tum.de Thu Aug 01 13:24:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!tum!dstewart From: dstewart@tum.de (Diego Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de> Date: Thu, 01 Aug 1996 13:24:06 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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? -- Diego Stewart Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From noliveira@pacbell.net Sat Aug 03 11:20:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!noliveira From: noliveira@pacbell.net (Nadia Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug03.112006.8693@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 11:20:06 GMT References: <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de>, dstewart@tum.de (Diego Stewart) 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. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Nadia Oliveira US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From atanaka@berkeley.edu Sat Aug 03 18:36:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!atanaka From: atanaka@berkeley.edu (Anja Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug03.183606.3494@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 03 Aug 1996 18:36:06 GMT References: <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de>, dstewart@tum.de (Diego Stewart) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Anja Tanaka | atanaka@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7685 AAF3 FD29 6A99 "Keep the channels open." From bhernandez@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 05 01:04:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!bhernandez From: bhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Bastien Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug05.010406.5043@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 05 Aug 1996 01:04:06 GMT References: <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de> <1996Aug03.112006.8693@pacbell.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug03.112006.8693@pacbell.net>, noliveira@pacbell.net (Nadia Oliveira) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Bastien Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tkowalski@titech.ac.jp Tue Aug 06 08:08:06 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!tkowalski From: tkowalski@titech.ac.jp (Tobias Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug06.080806.6205@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 08:08:06 GMT References: <1996Aug01.132406.1246@tum.de> <1996Aug03.183606.3494@berkeley.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Aug03.183606.3494@berkeley.edu>, atanaka@berkeley.edu (Anja Tanaka) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Tobias Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre. ------------------------------------------------------------