From dstewart@mindspring.com Mon Dec 12 20:32:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!dstewart From: dstewart@mindspring.com (Diego Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 1994 20:32:31 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com 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. 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? -- Diego Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From ksantos@earthlink.net Wed Dec 14 23:32:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!ksantos From: ksantos@earthlink.net (Kenji Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec14.233231.4555@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 14 Dec 1994 23:32:31 GMT References: <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com>, dstewart@mindspring.com (Diego Stewart) 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. 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. -- Kenji Santos "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From brodriguez@clari.net Thu Dec 15 05:59:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!brodriguez From: brodriguez@clari.net (Bruno Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec15.055931.1921@clari.net> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 05:59:31 GMT References: <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com> <1994Dec14.233231.4555@earthlink.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec14.233231.4555@earthlink.net>, ksantos@earthlink.net (Kenji Santos) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Bruno Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jnakamura@panix.com Thu Dec 15 18:56:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!panix!jnakamura From: jnakamura@panix.com (Joachim Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec15.185631.4681@panix.com> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 18:56:31 GMT References: <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com>, dstewart@mindspring.com (Diego Stewart) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Joachim Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From tito@kth.se Thu Dec 15 22:47:31 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!tito From: tito@kth.se (Tomas Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Dec15.224731.3687@kth.se> Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1994 22:47:31 GMT References: <1994Dec12.203231.6693@mindspring.com> <1994Dec14.233231.4555@earthlink.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Dec14.233231.4555@earthlink.net>, ksantos@earthlink.net (Kenji Santos) 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. -- === Tomas Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "They will send a copy in my place."