From jlaurent@uu.net Thu Jul 25 03:39:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!jlaurent From: jlaurent@uu.net (Julien Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 03:39:12 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- === Julien Laurent === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From hfournier@utexas.edu Fri Jul 26 14:11:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!hfournier From: hfournier@utexas.edu (Heather Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul26.141112.6020@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 14:11:12 GMT References: <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net>, jlaurent@uu.net (Julien Laurent) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Heather Fournier "Do not worship the copy." Atari TT030 / System 7.5.1 From tmuller@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jul 28 12:41:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!tmuller From: tmuller@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul28.124112.3627@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 12:41:12 GMT References: <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net>, jlaurent@uu.net (Julien Laurent) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Tyler Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From akuznetsov@unam.mx Mon Jul 29 20:18:12 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!akuznetsov From: akuznetsov@unam.mx (Andrei Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul29.201812.3439@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 20:18:12 GMT References: <1996Jul25.033912.9454@uu.net> <1996Jul28.124112.3627@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul28.124112.3627@rwth-aachen.de>, tmuller@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Müller) 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. -- Andrei Kuznetsov | akuznetsov@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 0B5A B6F6 99EC CA56 "Keep the channels open."