From yrodriguez@clari.net Tue Sep 27 14:04:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!yrodriguez From: yrodriguez@clari.net (Yuki Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep27.140423.5369@clari.net> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 14:04:23 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Yuki Rodríguez "Marcus is not one man." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From agonzalez@uu.net Wed Sep 28 04:36:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uu!agonzalez From: agonzalez@uu.net (Andrei González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep28.043623.6570@uu.net> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 04:36:23 GMT References: <1994Sep27.140423.5369@clari.net> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep27.140423.5369@clari.net>, yrodriguez@clari.net (Yuki Rodríguez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. -- === Andrei González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Marcus is not one man." From gsouza@unam.mx Wed Sep 28 22:58:23 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!gsouza From: gsouza@unam.mx (Göran Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep28.225823.4558@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 22:58:23 GMT References: <1994Sep27.140423.5369@clari.net> <1994Sep28.043623.6570@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep28.043623.6570@uu.net>, agonzalez@uu.net (Andrei González) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Göran Souza "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Amiga 3000T / Linux 1.2.13