From aandersson@mindspring.com Tue Apr 16 04:16:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!aandersson From: aandersson@mindspring.com (Aiko Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 04:16:29 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Aiko Andersson | aandersson@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: CA4A 0AE8 DD3C 547A "Keep the channels open." From snilsson@utexas.edu Thu Apr 18 06:21:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!snilsson From: snilsson@utexas.edu (Sven Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr18.062129.7539@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 06:21:29 GMT References: <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com>, aandersson@mindspring.com (Aiko Andersson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Sven Nilsson | snilsson@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: B9CE EF54 253F C89A "Keep the channels open." From rsokolov@netcom.com Fri Apr 19 18:43:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!netcom!rsokolov From: rsokolov@netcom.com (Renata Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr19.184329.8529@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:43:29 GMT References: <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com>, aandersson@mindspring.com (Aiko Andersson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Renata Sokolov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jbrennan@hanse.de Fri Apr 19 21:06:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!jbrennan From: jbrennan@hanse.de (Julien Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr19.210629.7080@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 21:06:29 GMT References: <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com> <1996Apr18.062129.7539@utexas.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr18.062129.7539@utexas.edu>, snilsson@utexas.edu (Sven Nilsson) 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. -- Julien Brennan SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From mbrennan@earthlink.net Sat Apr 20 21:33:29 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!mbrennan From: mbrennan@earthlink.net (Matthias Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Apr20.213329.7783@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 21:33:29 GMT References: <1996Apr16.041629.6122@mindspring.com> <1996Apr18.062129.7539@utexas.edu> <1996Apr19.210629.7080@hanse.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Apr19.210629.7080@hanse.de>, jbrennan@hanse.de (Julien Brennan) 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. -- === Matthias Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."