From alindqvist@stanford.edu Sun Apr 03 00:03:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!alindqvist From: alindqvist@stanford.edu (Anja Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Apr 1994 00:03:40 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Anja Lindqvist -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From mrodriguez@mindspring.com Mon Apr 04 17:07:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@mindspring.com (Mikhail Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr04.170740.3433@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1994 17:07:40 GMT References: <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu>, alindqvist@stanford.edu (Anja Lindqvist) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Mikhail Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tgirard@rwth-aachen.de Tue Apr 05 10:33:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!tgirard From: tgirard@rwth-aachen.de (Tyler Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr05.103340.2871@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 10:33:40 GMT References: <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu> <1994Apr04.170740.3433@mindspring.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Apr04.170740.3433@mindspring.com>, mrodriguez@mindspring.com (Mikhail Rodríguez) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tyler Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From ypopov@kth.se Tue Apr 05 15:29:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!ypopov From: ypopov@kth.se (Yuki Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr05.152940.8413@kth.se> Date: Tue, 05 Apr 1994 15:29:40 GMT References: <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr03.000340.8950@stanford.edu>, alindqvist@stanford.edu (Anja Lindqvist) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > 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. -- Yuki Popov "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / TOS 4.04