From hpopov@titech.ac.jp Fri Aug 18 20:09:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!hpopov From: hpopov@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 20:09:05 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Hugo Popov "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1 From cmartinez@panix.com Sun Aug 20 08:28:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!cmartinez From: cmartinez@panix.com (Callum Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug20.082805.3714@panix.com> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 08:28:05 GMT References: <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp>, hpopov@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Popov) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Callum Martínez | cmartinez@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: CB23 736D 2EB9 F87C "Keep the channels open." From hrodriguez@cmu.edu Mon Aug 21 17:33:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!hrodriguez From: hrodriguez@cmu.edu (Hana Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.173305.6864@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 17:33:05 GMT References: <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp> <1995Aug20.082805.3714@panix.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug20.082805.3714@panix.com>, cmartinez@panix.com (Callum Martínez) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Hana Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From rlarsson@delphi.com Mon Aug 21 20:58:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!rlarsson From: rlarsson@delphi.com (Renata Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.205805.5330@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 20:58:05 GMT References: <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp> <1995Aug20.082805.3714@panix.com> <1995Aug21.173305.6864@cmu.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Aug21.173305.6864@cmu.edu>, hrodriguez@cmu.edu (Hana Rodríguez) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Renata Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kweber@kiae.su Mon Aug 21 21:59:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kiae!kweber From: kweber@kiae.su (Katrin Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.215905.8358@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 21:59:05 GMT References: <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug18.200905.3418@titech.ac.jp>, hpopov@titech.ac.jp (Hugo Popov) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Katrin Weber -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."