From ymoreno@kiae.su Fri Jan 19 11:25:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!ymoreno From: ymoreno@kiae.su (Yuki Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 11:25:01 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. 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? -- Yuki Moreno -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From mkowalski@stanford.edu Fri Jan 19 21:17:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!mkowalski From: mkowalski@stanford.edu (Mei Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan19.211701.9600@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 21:17:01 GMT References: <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su>, ymoreno@kiae.su (Yuki Moreno) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Mei Kowalski "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From trobertson@purdue.edu Sun Jan 21 21:15:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!purdue!trobertson From: trobertson@purdue.edu (Tomas Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan21.211501.5374@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 21:15:01 GMT References: <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su>, ymoreno@kiae.su (Yuki Moreno) writes: > 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Tomas Robertson SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From glarsson@stanford.edu Tue Jan 23 02:11:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!glarsson From: glarsson@stanford.edu (Göran Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan23.021101.7789@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 02:11:01 GMT References: <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su> <1996Jan19.211701.9600@stanford.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan19.211701.9600@stanford.edu>, mkowalski@stanford.edu (Mei Kowalski) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Göran Larsson | glarsson@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 4250 61D9 6A9D 2ECD "Keep the channels open." From mokonkwo@pipeline.com Wed Jan 24 23:05:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@pipeline.com (Morag Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jan24.230501.3025@pipeline.com> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 23:05:01 GMT References: <1996Jan19.112501.4176@kiae.su> <1996Jan19.211701.9600@stanford.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Jan19.211701.9600@stanford.edu>, mkowalski@stanford.edu (Mei Kowalski) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Morag Okonkwo | mokonkwo@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: C973 3ED9 8184 60C8 "Keep the channels open."