From bgirard@mindspring.com Thu Nov 24 16:12:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!bgirard From: bgirard@mindspring.com (Bastien Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov24.161230.5046@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 16:12:30 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Bastien Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From fsato@tum.de Sat Nov 26 15:36:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!fsato From: fsato@tum.de (Fiona Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov26.153630.4685@tum.de> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 15:36:30 GMT References: <1994Nov24.161230.5046@mindspring.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov24.161230.5046@mindspring.com>, bgirard@mindspring.com (Bastien Girard) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Fiona Sato *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From mramirez@utexas.edu Mon Nov 28 12:59:30 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!mramirez From: mramirez@utexas.edu (Mikhail Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov28.125930.4662@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 12:59:30 GMT References: <1994Nov24.161230.5046@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov24.161230.5046@mindspring.com>, bgirard@mindspring.com (Bastien Girard) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Mikhail Ramírez "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / Linux 1.2.13