From toliveira@earthlink.net Fri Feb 17 06:38:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!toliveira From: toliveira@earthlink.net (Tyler Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 17 Feb 1995 06:38:24 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Tyler Oliveira Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From nschneider@uni-hamburg.de Sat Feb 18 05:49:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!nschneider From: nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 05:49:24 GMT References: <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net>, toliveira@earthlink.net (Tyler Oliveira) 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.' -- Nadine Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From elarsson@berkeley.edu Sat Feb 18 21:01:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!elarsson From: elarsson@berkeley.edu (Élodie Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb18.210124.4848@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Feb 1995 21:01:24 GMT References: <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net> <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de>, nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Élodie Larsson "Marcus is not one man." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / TOS 4.04 From mkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk Sun Feb 19 23:28:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cam!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb19.232824.3940@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 1995 23:28:24 GMT References: <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net> <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de>, nschneider@uni-hamburg.de (Nadine Schneider) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Marisol Kuznetsov | mkuznetsov@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 51A3 5505 C33F 76C3 "Keep the channels open." From elindqvist@titech.ac.jp Mon Feb 20 14:29:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!titech!elindqvist From: elindqvist@titech.ac.jp (Élodie Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb20.142924.7911@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 14:29:24 GMT References: <1995Feb17.063824.8721@earthlink.net> <1995Feb18.054924.5311@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Feb18.210124.4848@berkeley.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb18.210124.4848@berkeley.edu>, elarsson@berkeley.edu (Élodie Larsson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. > PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Élodie Lindqvist Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."