From lnilsson@rwth-aachen.de Sun Feb 26 12:55:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!lnilsson From: lnilsson@rwth-aachen.de (Lars Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb26.125543.2436@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 12:55:43 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Lars Nilsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vsantos@hanse.de Mon Feb 27 23:04:43 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!hanse!vsantos From: vsantos@hanse.de (Valeria Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb27.230443.8497@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 23:04:43 GMT References: <1995Feb26.125543.2436@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb26.125543.2436@rwth-aachen.de>, lnilsson@rwth-aachen.de (Lars Nilsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Valeria Santos *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0