From jstewart@earthlink.net Sun Jan 08 07:22:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!jstewart From: jstewart@earthlink.net (Jen Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan08.072204.3108@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 07:22:04 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Jen Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From nsantos@pacbell.net Sun Jan 08 17:58:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!nsantos From: nsantos@pacbell.net (Natalia Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan08.175804.1713@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 08 Jan 1995 17:58:04 GMT References: <1995Jan08.072204.3108@earthlink.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan08.072204.3108@earthlink.net>, jstewart@earthlink.net (Jen Stewart) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. -- Natalia Santos -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Hold for relay." From csouza@utexas.edu Tue Jan 10 11:48:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!csouza From: csouza@utexas.edu (Camila Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan10.114804.8450@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:48:04 GMT References: <1995Jan08.072204.3108@earthlink.net> <1995Jan08.175804.1713@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan08.175804.1713@pacbell.net>, nsantos@pacbell.net (Natalia Santos) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Camila Souza Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------