From hsmirnov@earthlink.net Mon Mar 06 11:56:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!earthlink!hsmirnov From: hsmirnov@earthlink.net (Heather Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar06.115605.1571@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 06 Mar 1995 11:56:05 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Heather Smirnov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 33,600 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From eivanov@mit.edu Tue Mar 07 02:59:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mit!eivanov From: eivanov@mit.edu (Élodie Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar07.025905.8939@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 07 Mar 1995 02:59:05 GMT References: <1995Mar06.115605.1571@earthlink.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar06.115605.1571@earthlink.net>, hsmirnov@earthlink.net (Heather Smirnov) 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. 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. -- Élodie Ivanov Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke."