From aeriksson@kiae.su Wed Apr 06 20:42:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!aeriksson From: aeriksson@kiae.su (Astrid Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 20:42:48 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Astrid Eriksson Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mhughes@mindspring.com Thu Apr 07 02:16:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mindspring!mhughes From: mhughes@mindspring.com (Matthias Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr07.021648.7877@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 02:16:48 GMT References: <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su>, aeriksson@kiae.su (Astrid Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Matthias Hughes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From dkowalski@inria.fr Fri Apr 08 04:00:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!dkowalski From: dkowalski@inria.fr (Dave Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr08.040048.2862@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 1994 04:00:48 GMT References: <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su>, aeriksson@kiae.su (Astrid Eriksson) 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.' -- === Dave Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, INRIA Rocquencourt "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From lsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Apr 09 17:05:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Lars Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr09.170548.4465@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 09 Apr 1994 17:05:48 GMT References: <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su> <1994Apr07.021648.7877@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr07.021648.7877@mindspring.com>, mhughes@mindspring.com (Matthias Hughes) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Lars Smirnov -- University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From nlarsson@berkeley.edu Sun Apr 10 13:40:48 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!berkeley!nlarsson From: nlarsson@berkeley.edu (Nadia Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr10.134048.5110@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 13:40:48 GMT References: <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Apr06.204248.1330@kiae.su>, aeriksson@kiae.su (Astrid Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Nadia Larsson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04