From jsanchez@uni-hamburg.de Sat Mar 05 16:41:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uni-hamburg!jsanchez From: jsanchez@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar05.164108.5829@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 1994 16:41:08 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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 Sánchez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "We don't sign stars. We build them." From mmuller@berkeley.edu Mon Mar 07 16:10:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!berkeley!mmuller From: mmuller@berkeley.edu (Matthias Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar07.161008.7751@berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 1994 16:10:08 GMT References: <1994Mar05.164108.5829@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar05.164108.5829@uni-hamburg.de>, jsanchez@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Sánchez) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Matthias Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From mrobertson@tum.de Wed Mar 09 11:52:08 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!mrobertson From: mrobertson@tum.de (Mike Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar09.115208.7396@tum.de> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 1994 11:52:08 GMT References: <1994Mar05.164108.5829@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar05.164108.5829@uni-hamburg.de>, jsanchez@uni-hamburg.de (Jen Sánchez) writes: > 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. 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. -- === Mike Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "When every node is whole, the channel opens."