From meriksson@rwth-aachen.de Tue Jun 27 02:24:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!meriksson From: meriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun27.022412.7211@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 02:24:12 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Mikhail Eriksson | meriksson@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 66C4 EB9D D680 4CA6 "Keep the channels open." From bgarcia@cam.ac.uk Wed Jun 28 18:00:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!bgarcia From: bgarcia@cam.ac.uk (Bruno García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun28.180012.5956@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 1995 18:00:12 GMT References: <1995Jun27.022412.7211@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.022412.7211@rwth-aachen.de>, meriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Eriksson) 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. -- Bruno García "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From flarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Jun 29 15:39:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!flarsson From: flarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Fiona Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun29.153912.5746@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 15:39:12 GMT References: <1995Jun27.022412.7211@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun27.022412.7211@rwth-aachen.de>, meriksson@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Eriksson) 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. -- Fiona Larsson | flarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 6275 3996 3FB5 5050 "Keep the channels open."