From blarsson@cmu.edu Sat Mar 18 18:01:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!blarsson From: blarsson@cmu.edu (Bill Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar18.180155.6915@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 18:01:55 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Bill Larsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From glee@demon.co.uk Mon Mar 20 10:20:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!glee From: glee@demon.co.uk (Göran Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar20.102055.4505@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:20:55 GMT References: <1995Mar18.180155.6915@cmu.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Mar18.180155.6915@cmu.edu>, blarsson@cmu.edu (Bill Larsson) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Göran Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0 From asuzuki@hanse.de Mon Mar 20 18:05:55 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!asuzuki From: asuzuki@hanse.de (Anja Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar20.180555.3479@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 18:05:55 GMT References: <1995Mar18.180155.6915@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar18.180155.6915@cmu.edu>, blarsson@cmu.edu (Bill Larsson) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Anja Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------