From slindqvist@demon.co.uk Sat Jul 23 17:18:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!slindqvist From: slindqvist@demon.co.uk (Sven Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 17:18:41 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Sven Lindqvist -- Demon Internet Services UK "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From operez@utexas.edu Mon Jul 25 16:27:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!operez From: operez@utexas.edu (Olga Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul25.162741.1379@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 16:27:41 GMT References: <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk>, slindqvist@demon.co.uk (Sven Lindqvist) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Olga Pérez | operez@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 566A 65C3 32E2 6005 "Keep the channels open." From asilva@earthlink.net Tue Jul 26 21:05:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!asilva From: asilva@earthlink.net (Andrei Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul26.210541.4545@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 26 Jul 1994 21:05:41 GMT References: <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk> <1994Jul25.162741.1379@utexas.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul25.162741.1379@utexas.edu>, operez@utexas.edu (Olga Pérez) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Andrei Silva *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From jgonzalez@earthlink.net Wed Jul 27 01:39:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!jgonzalez From: jgonzalez@earthlink.net (Julien González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul27.013941.3058@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1994 01:39:41 GMT References: <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul23.171841.6595@demon.co.uk>, slindqvist@demon.co.uk (Sven Lindqvist) 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. -- === Julien González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."