From dsilva@utexas.edu Wed Jul 03 17:46:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!dsilva From: dsilva@utexas.edu (Diego Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul03.174619.7398@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 17:46:19 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Diego Silva Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From yfischer@illinois.edu Fri Jul 05 05:49:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!yfischer From: yfischer@illinois.edu (Yuki Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul05.054919.1787@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 05 Jul 1996 05:49:19 GMT References: <1996Jul03.174619.7398@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul03.174619.7398@utexas.edu>, dsilva@utexas.edu (Diego Silva) 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. 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. -- Yuki Fischer "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mfischer@pacbell.net Sat Jul 06 15:36:19 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!mfischer From: mfischer@pacbell.net (Marisol Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul06.153619.2705@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 15:36:19 GMT References: <1996Jul03.174619.7398@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul03.174619.7398@utexas.edu>, dsilva@utexas.edu (Diego Silva) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Marisol Fischer *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0