From hstewart@panix.com Tue Apr 02 12:13:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!panix!hstewart From: hstewart@panix.com (Heather Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr02.121329.5764@panix.com> Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 12:13:29 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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? -- Heather Stewart -- Public Access Unix of New York "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mweber@illinois.edu Wed Apr 03 07:48:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!mweber From: mweber@illinois.edu (Matthias Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr03.074829.7021@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 07:48:29 GMT References: <1996Apr02.121329.5764@panix.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr02.121329.5764@panix.com>, hstewart@panix.com (Heather 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.' -- Matthias Weber *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Acorn RiscPC 600 - NetBSD 1.0 From tgirard@utexas.edu Fri Apr 05 03:51:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!tgirard From: tgirard@utexas.edu (Thiago Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr05.035129.2924@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 03:51:29 GMT References: <1996Apr02.121329.5764@panix.com> <1996Apr03.074829.7021@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr03.074829.7021@illinois.edu>, mweber@illinois.edu (Matthias Weber) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Thiago Girard US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."