From lrodriguez@uu.net Fri Aug 12 03:45:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!uu!lrodriguez From: lrodriguez@uu.net (Lars Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 03:45:58 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. 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? -- === Lars Rodríguez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From lmoreau@panix.com Fri Aug 12 19:44:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!lmoreau From: lmoreau@panix.com (Lisa Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug12.194458.9738@panix.com> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:44:58 GMT References: <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net>, lrodriguez@uu.net (Lars Rodríguez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Lisa Moreau Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mnovak@titech.ac.jp Sat Aug 13 06:04:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!mnovak From: mnovak@titech.ac.jp (Min-jun Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug13.060458.5661@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 06:04:58 GMT References: <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net>, lrodriguez@uu.net (Lars Rodríguez) 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. -- === Min-jun Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From kandersson@inria.fr Sun Aug 14 09:32:58 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!inria!kandersson From: kandersson@inria.fr (Karen Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug14.093258.4806@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 09:32:58 GMT References: <1994Aug12.034558.7084@uu.net> <1994Aug12.194458.9738@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug12.194458.9738@panix.com>, lmoreau@panix.com (Lisa Moreau) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Karen Andersson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / SunOS 4.1.4