From klarsson@illinois.edu Fri Apr 21 08:31:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!klarsson From: klarsson@illinois.edu (Kenji Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr21.083134.9782@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 08:31:34 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. 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? -- Kenji Larsson "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Macintosh IIfx / FreeBSD 2.1 From glaurent@cmu.edu Sun Apr 23 02:51:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cmu!glaurent From: glaurent@cmu.edu (Göran Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr23.025134.7655@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1995 02:51:34 GMT References: <1995Apr21.083134.9782@illinois.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr21.083134.9782@illinois.edu>, klarsson@illinois.edu (Kenji Larsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. -- Göran Laurent | glaurent@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7902 A0D5 C2A1 D9C2 "Keep the channels open." From bfournier@cam.ac.uk Mon Apr 24 13:34:34 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!bfournier From: bfournier@cam.ac.uk (Brian Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr24.133434.6929@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 13:34:34 GMT References: <1995Apr21.083134.9782@illinois.edu> <1995Apr23.025134.7655@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr23.025134.7655@cmu.edu>, glaurent@cmu.edu (Göran Laurent) writes: > That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Brian Fournier === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"