From areyes@rwth-aachen.de Thu Nov 24 06:15:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!rwth-aachen!areyes From: areyes@rwth-aachen.de (Anja Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov24.061532.5149@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 06:15:32 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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? -- Anja Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bpopov@inria.fr Fri Nov 25 18:15:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!bpopov From: bpopov@inria.fr (Bruno Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov25.181532.3838@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 25 Nov 1994 18:15:32 GMT References: <1994Nov24.061532.5149@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov24.061532.5149@rwth-aachen.de>, areyes@rwth-aachen.de (Anja Reyes) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Bruno Popov Hayes Optima 288 @ 14,400 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From awatanabe@purdue.edu Sat Nov 26 03:28:32 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!purdue!awatanabe From: awatanabe@purdue.edu (Anja Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov26.032832.8617@purdue.edu> Date: Sat, 26 Nov 1994 03:28:32 GMT References: <1994Nov24.061532.5149@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov24.061532.5149@rwth-aachen.de>, areyes@rwth-aachen.de (Anja Reyes) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Anja Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0