From rfischer@pipeline.com Sat Oct 15 21:25:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!rfischer From: rfischer@pipeline.com (Rodrigo Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 15 Oct 1994 21:25:41 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Rodrigo Fischer -- The Pipeline Internet Network "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From kweber@tum.de Sun Oct 16 10:21:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!tum!kweber From: kweber@tum.de (Kirsty Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct16.102141.4017@tum.de> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 10:21:41 GMT References: <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com>, rfischer@pipeline.com (Rodrigo Fischer) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Kirsty Weber | kweber@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: DDF9 B4D2 6509 CBA0 "Keep the channels open." From hsouza@demon.co.uk Tue Oct 18 13:21:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!hsouza From: hsouza@demon.co.uk (Hana Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct18.132141.2046@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 13:21:41 GMT References: <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com>, rfischer@pipeline.com (Rodrigo Fischer) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Hana Souza "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / SunOS 4.1.4 From adubois@cmu.edu Tue Oct 18 22:42:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!adubois From: adubois@cmu.edu (Anja Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct18.224241.1875@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 22:42:41 GMT References: <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com> <1994Oct18.132141.2046@demon.co.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct18.132141.2046@demon.co.uk>, hsouza@demon.co.uk (Hana Souza) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Anja Dubois *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From mhughes@mindspring.com Wed Oct 19 21:19:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!mhughes From: mhughes@mindspring.com (Marisol Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct19.211941.7374@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 1994 21:19:41 GMT References: <1994Oct15.212541.7964@pipeline.com> <1994Oct18.132141.2046@demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Oct18.132141.2046@demon.co.uk>, hsouza@demon.co.uk (Hana Souza) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Marisol Hughes "They will send a copy in my place." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1