From nrobertson@cmu.edu Wed Jun 01 12:52:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!nrobertson From: nrobertson@cmu.edu (Nadia Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 1994 12:52:18 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? -- Nadia Robertson | nrobertson@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 527F 2110 C045 3E45 "Keep the channels open." From rmuller@earthlink.net Thu Jun 02 07:55:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!rmuller From: rmuller@earthlink.net (Renata Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun02.075518.2735@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 02 Jun 1994 07:55:18 GMT References: <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu>, nrobertson@cmu.edu (Nadia Robertson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Renata Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mhernandez@berkeley.edu Fri Jun 03 07:08:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!mhernandez From: mhernandez@berkeley.edu (Marta Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun03.070818.1845@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 07:08:18 GMT References: <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu> <1994Jun02.075518.2735@earthlink.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun02.075518.2735@earthlink.net>, rmuller@earthlink.net (Renata Müller) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Marta Hernández | mhernandez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 260E 3888 0470 3FB0 "Keep the channels open." From mlarsson@titech.ac.jp Fri Jun 03 16:45:18 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!mlarsson From: mlarsson@titech.ac.jp (Marisol Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jun03.164518.9276@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 03 Jun 1994 16:45:18 GMT References: <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1994Jun01.125218.9153@cmu.edu>, nrobertson@cmu.edu (Nadia Robertson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Marisol Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "Do not worship the copy."