From yweber@cmu.edu Sun Dec 08 06:56:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!yweber From: yweber@cmu.edu (Yuki Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec08.065623.6167@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 06:56:23 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- === Yuki Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dgirard@unam.mx Sun Dec 08 09:10:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!dgirard From: dgirard@unam.mx (Dmitri Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec08.091023.1735@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 09:10:23 GMT References: <1996Dec08.065623.6167@cmu.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec08.065623.6167@cmu.edu>, yweber@cmu.edu (Yuki Weber) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Dmitri Girard *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From scampbell@earthlink.net Sun Dec 08 10:14:23 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!scampbell From: scampbell@earthlink.net (Sven Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec08.101423.7508@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 10:14:23 GMT References: <1996Dec08.065623.6167@cmu.edu> <1996Dec08.091023.1735@unam.mx> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec08.091023.1735@unam.mx>, dgirard@unam.mx (Dmitri Girard) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Sven Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------