From mmacdonald@clari.net Sat Jul 16 13:01:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!mmacdonald From: mmacdonald@clari.net (Marisol MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul16.130145.3673@clari.net> Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 13:01:45 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Marisol MacDonald -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Sun Jul 17 19:20:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uni-hamburg!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Marisol Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul17.192045.9602@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 19:20:45 GMT References: <1994Jul16.130145.3673@clari.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jul16.130145.3673@clari.net>, mmacdonald@clari.net (Marisol MacDonald) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Marisol Okonkwo === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From stakahashi@delphi.com Tue Jul 19 10:52:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!stakahashi From: stakahashi@delphi.com (Sergei Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul19.105245.2824@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1994 10:52:45 GMT References: <1994Jul16.130145.3673@clari.net> <1994Jul17.192045.9602@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jul17.192045.9602@uni-hamburg.de>, mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Marisol Okonkwo) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- === Sergei Takahashi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Hold for relay." From hrobertson@tum.de Wed Jul 20 03:21:45 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!hrobertson From: hrobertson@tum.de (Hana Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul20.032145.7262@tum.de> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 1994 03:21:45 GMT References: <1994Jul16.130145.3673@clari.net> <1994Jul17.192045.9602@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul17.192045.9602@uni-hamburg.de>, mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Marisol Okonkwo) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Hana Robertson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.