From jschneider@utexas.edu Thu Dec 19 13:43:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!jschneider From: jschneider@utexas.edu (Jens Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec19.134304.1806@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:43:04 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Jens Schneider *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From tgarcia@utexas.edu Fri Dec 20 17:48:04 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!tgarcia From: tgarcia@utexas.edu (Takeshi García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec20.174804.5500@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 17:48:04 GMT References: <1996Dec19.134304.1806@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec19.134304.1806@utexas.edu>, jschneider@utexas.edu (Jens Schneider) 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.' -- === Takeshi García === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."