From amuller@ox.ac.uk Sat Mar 16 18:27:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!amuller From: amuller@ox.ac.uk (Aiko Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 18:27:43 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Aiko Müller -- Oxford University Computing Laboratory "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jlindqvist@panix.com Mon Mar 18 14:31:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@panix.com (Joachim Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar18.143143.6831@panix.com> Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 14:31:43 GMT References: <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk>, amuller@ox.ac.uk (Aiko Müller) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. -- Joachim Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ckang@purdue.edu Tue Mar 19 13:03:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!ckang From: ckang@purdue.edu (Callum Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar19.130343.1241@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 13:03:43 GMT References: <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk>, amuller@ox.ac.uk (Aiko Müller) 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. -- Callum Kang SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From hlarsson@pipeline.com Wed Mar 20 17:20:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pipeline!hlarsson From: hlarsson@pipeline.com (Hana Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar20.172043.6263@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 17:20:43 GMT References: <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk> <1996Mar18.143143.6831@panix.com> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar18.143143.6831@panix.com>, jlindqvist@panix.com (Joachim Lindqvist) writes: > 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. 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. -- Hana Larsson | hlarsson@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0F48 9B5A ADB9 538B "Keep the channels open." From hito@kiae.su Wed Mar 20 22:51:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!hito From: hito@kiae.su (Hana Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar20.225143.2295@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 22:51:43 GMT References: <1996Mar16.182743.6225@ox.ac.uk> <1996Mar18.143143.6831@panix.com> <1996Mar20.172043.6263@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar20.172043.6263@pipeline.com>, hlarsson@pipeline.com (Hana Larsson) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Hana Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------