From hmacdonald@stanford.edu Mon Feb 19 05:44:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!hmacdonald From: hmacdonald@stanford.edu (Hana MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Feb19.054407.5121@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 05:44:07 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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? -- Hana MacDonald Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From ekuznetsov@hanse.de Mon Feb 19 10:37:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!ekuznetsov From: ekuznetsov@hanse.de (Elaine Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Feb19.103707.3612@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 10:37:07 GMT References: <1996Feb19.054407.5121@stanford.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Feb19.054407.5121@stanford.edu>, hmacdonald@stanford.edu (Hana MacDonald) 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. -- Elaine Kuznetsov -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Marcus is not one man." From kwatanabe@demon.co.uk Tue Feb 20 01:08:07 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!kwatanabe From: kwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Katrin Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Feb20.010807.3879@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 01:08:07 GMT References: <1996Feb19.054407.5121@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb19.054407.5121@stanford.edu>, hmacdonald@stanford.edu (Hana MacDonald) 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. -- Katrin Watanabe | kwatanabe@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 99C7 8834 7D9C CA02 "Keep the channels open."