From beriksson@earthlink.net Mon Feb 07 09:17:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!beriksson From: beriksson@earthlink.net (Bruno Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 07 Feb 1994 09:17:12 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Bruno Eriksson "Do not worship the copy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From ikang@uu.net Tue Feb 08 18:17:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uu!ikang From: ikang@uu.net (Ines Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb08.181712.1999@uu.net> Date: Tue, 08 Feb 1994 18:17:12 GMT References: <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net>, beriksson@earthlink.net (Bruno Eriksson) 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. -- Ines Kang -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Row 14. No joke." From mwatanabe@kiae.su Wed Feb 09 16:22:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@kiae.su (Mike Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb09.162212.5520@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 09 Feb 1994 16:22:12 GMT References: <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net>, beriksson@earthlink.net (Bruno Eriksson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Mike Watanabe | mwatanabe@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: A198 511B F767 0E22 "Keep the channels open." From mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de Fri Feb 11 19:47:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Min-jun Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb11.194712.2206@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 19:47:12 GMT References: <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net> <1994Feb09.162212.5520@kiae.su> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Feb09.162212.5520@kiae.su>, mwatanabe@kiae.su (Mike Watanabe) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Min-jun Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From mreyes@uni-hamburg.de Sun Feb 13 06:39:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!mreyes From: mreyes@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Feb13.063912.6810@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 1994 06:39:12 GMT References: <1994Feb07.091712.1875@earthlink.net> <1994Feb09.162212.5520@kiae.su> <1994Feb11.194712.2206@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Feb11.194712.2206@rwth-aachen.de>, mlindqvist@rwth-aachen.de (Min-jun Lindqvist) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Mike Reyes -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Marcus is not one man."