From ptakahashi@delphi.com Tue Aug 08 10:45:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!ptakahashi From: ptakahashi@delphi.com (Pavel Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug08.104524.8467@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 10:45:24 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Pavel Takahashi Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dpark@demon.co.uk Thu Aug 10 06:12:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!dpark From: dpark@demon.co.uk (Dmitri Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug10.061224.1904@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 1995 06:12:24 GMT References: <1995Aug08.104524.8467@delphi.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug08.104524.8467@delphi.com>, ptakahashi@delphi.com (Pavel Takahashi) 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. -- Dmitri Park "Row 14. No joke." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / SunOS 4.1.4