From jtanaka@utexas.edu Sun Oct 13 02:54:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!jtanaka From: jtanaka@utexas.edu (Joachim Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct13.025455.4348@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 02:54:55 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu 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? -- Joachim Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From kgarcia@pipeline.com Mon Oct 14 21:41:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!kgarcia From: kgarcia@pipeline.com (Karen García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct14.214155.9688@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 21:41:55 GMT References: <1996Oct13.025455.4348@utexas.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct13.025455.4348@utexas.edu>, jtanaka@utexas.edu (Joachim Tanaka) 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. -- Karen García *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From elindqvist@mindspring.com Wed Oct 16 16:37:55 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!elindqvist From: elindqvist@mindspring.com (Élodie Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct16.163755.1735@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 16:37:55 GMT References: <1996Oct13.025455.4348@utexas.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1996Oct13.025455.4348@utexas.edu>, jtanaka@utexas.edu (Joachim Tanaka) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- === Élodie Lindqvist === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."