From okarlsson@ox.ac.uk Tue Jan 18 12:30:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!ox!okarlsson From: okarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Olga Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 18 Jan 1994 12:30:04 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Olga Karlsson "Marcus is not one man." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1 From epark@cern.ch Wed Jan 19 02:07:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!epark From: epark@cern.ch (Emi Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan19.020704.2373@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 02:07:04 GMT References: <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk>, okarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Olga Karlsson) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Emi Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From fsato@pipeline.com Wed Jan 19 23:43:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!fsato From: fsato@pipeline.com (Freya Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan19.234304.7925@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 1994 23:43:04 GMT References: <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk>, okarlsson@ox.ac.uk (Olga Karlsson) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Freya Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mwatanabe@panix.com Fri Jan 21 17:30:04 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@panix.com (Mei Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan21.173004.7627@panix.com> Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 17:30:04 GMT References: <1994Jan18.123004.7239@ox.ac.uk> <1994Jan19.020704.2373@cern.ch> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan19.020704.2373@cern.ch>, epark@cern.ch (Emi Park) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Mei Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------