From pkang@uu.net Wed Jul 20 00:01:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!pkang From: pkang@uu.net (Pavel Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 00:01:44 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Pavel Kang -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Row 14. No joke." From ewatanabe@ox.ac.uk Thu Jul 21 20:35:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!ewatanabe From: ewatanabe@ox.ac.uk (Emi Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul21.203544.1112@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 21 Jul 1994 20:35:44 GMT References: <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net>, pkang@uu.net (Pavel Kang) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Emi Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From ereyes@mit.edu Fri Jul 22 17:13:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!ereyes From: ereyes@mit.edu (Emi Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul22.171344.5494@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 17:13:44 GMT References: <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net>, pkang@uu.net (Pavel Kang) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Emi Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ktakahashi@pipeline.com Sun Jul 24 12:04:44 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!ktakahashi From: ktakahashi@pipeline.com (Katrin Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul24.120444.7543@pipeline.com> Date: Sun, 24 Jul 1994 12:04:44 GMT References: <1994Jul20.000144.8665@uu.net> <1994Jul21.203544.1112@ox.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul21.203544.1112@ox.ac.uk>, ewatanabe@ox.ac.uk (Emi Watanabe) 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. -- Katrin Takahashi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay."