From nbrennan@uu.net Fri Aug 12 18:04:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!nbrennan From: nbrennan@uu.net (Natalia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug12.180455.6163@uu.net> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 18:04:55 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Natalia Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "They will send a copy in my place." From sfischer@clari.net Sun Aug 14 06:30:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!sfischer From: sfischer@clari.net (Sven Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug14.063055.6533@clari.net> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 06:30:55 GMT References: <1994Aug12.180455.6163@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Aug12.180455.6163@uu.net>, nbrennan@uu.net (Natalia Brennan) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Sven Fischer Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."