From mlindqvist@berkeley.edu Sun Jun 11 05:18:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!mlindqvist From: mlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 11 Jun 1995 05:18:14 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Mathieu Lindqvist *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From ngonzalez@pipeline.com Tue Jun 13 03:54:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!ngonzalez From: ngonzalez@pipeline.com (Nadia González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun13.035414.3758@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 03:54:14 GMT References: <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu>, mlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Lindqvist) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Nadia González Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From givanov@inria.fr Tue Jun 13 22:16:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!inria!givanov From: givanov@inria.fr (Göran Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun13.221614.1490@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 1995 22:16:14 GMT References: <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun13.035414.3758@pipeline.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun13.035414.3758@pipeline.com>, ngonzalez@pipeline.com (Nadia González) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Göran Ivanov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mreyes@demon.co.uk Thu Jun 15 11:17:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!mreyes From: mreyes@demon.co.uk (Mathieu Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun15.111714.2993@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 11:17:14 GMT References: <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun11.051814.4216@berkeley.edu>, mlindqvist@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Lindqvist) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Mathieu Reyes -- Demon Internet Services UK "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."