From ilarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Oct 01 04:11:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!ilarsson From: ilarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 01 Oct 1994 04:11:24 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Ines Larsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From gpetrov@kiae.su Sun Oct 02 11:45:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kiae!gpetrov From: gpetrov@kiae.su (Göran Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct02.114524.4763@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 02 Oct 1994 11:45:24 GMT References: <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ilarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Larsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Göran Petrov -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From toliveira@kth.se Mon Oct 03 02:16:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!toliveira From: toliveira@kth.se (Takeshi Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct03.021624.5566@kth.se> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 02:16:24 GMT References: <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, ilarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Ines Larsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Takeshi Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From treyes@ox.ac.uk Tue Oct 04 13:53:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!treyes From: treyes@ox.ac.uk (Thiago Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct04.135324.3112@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 13:53:24 GMT References: <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Oct03.021624.5566@kth.se> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct03.021624.5566@kth.se>, toliveira@kth.se (Takeshi Oliveira) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Thiago Reyes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ssmirnov@illinois.edu Wed Oct 05 22:04:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!ssmirnov From: ssmirnov@illinois.edu (Sergei Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct05.220424.8215@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 1994 22:04:24 GMT References: <1994Oct01.041124.5233@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1994Oct03.021624.5566@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct03.021624.5566@kth.se>, toliveira@kth.se (Takeshi Oliveira) 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. -- Sergei Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.