From eoliveira@uu.net Thu Aug 17 08:24:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!eoliveira From: eoliveira@uu.net (Elaine Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net> Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 08:24:59 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Elaine Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From hbrennan@clari.net Sat Aug 19 03:59:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!hbrennan From: hbrennan@clari.net (Hugo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug19.035959.6728@clari.net> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:59:59 GMT References: <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net>, eoliveira@uu.net (Elaine Oliveira) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Hugo Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kwatanabe@earthlink.net Sun Aug 20 18:44:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!kwatanabe From: kwatanabe@earthlink.net (Kenji Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug20.184459.8448@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 18:44:59 GMT References: <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net>, eoliveira@uu.net (Elaine Oliveira) 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.' -- Kenji Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Aug 21 22:25:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!mnovak From: mnovak@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Morag Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.222559.5728@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 22:25:59 GMT References: <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net>, eoliveira@uu.net (Elaine Oliveira) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Morag Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From njohansson@panix.com Tue Aug 22 09:51:59 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!njohansson From: njohansson@panix.com (Natalia Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug22.095159.1358@panix.com> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 09:51:59 GMT References: <1995Aug17.082459.7634@uu.net> <1995Aug19.035959.6728@clari.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug19.035959.6728@clari.net>, hbrennan@clari.net (Hugo Brennan) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Natalia Johansson -- Public Access Unix of New York "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"