From eoliveira@tum.de Sun Jun 18 11:45:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!eoliveira From: eoliveira@tum.de (Emi Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun18.114516.8573@tum.de> Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 11:45:16 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- === Emi Oliveira === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From cmartinez@pipeline.com Mon Jun 19 03:33:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pipeline!cmartinez From: cmartinez@pipeline.com (Camila Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun19.033316.9643@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 03:33:16 GMT References: <1995Jun18.114516.8573@tum.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun18.114516.8573@tum.de>, eoliveira@tum.de (Emi Oliveira) 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.' Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Camila Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From tito@kiae.su Wed Jun 21 03:07:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!tito From: tito@kiae.su (Tobias Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun21.030716.8238@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 03:07:16 GMT References: <1995Jun18.114516.8573@tum.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun18.114516.8573@tum.de>, eoliveira@tum.de (Emi Oliveira) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Tobias Ito Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."