From ynilsson@cmu.edu Sat Jan 14 21:55:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!ynilsson From: ynilsson@cmu.edu (Yuki Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 21:55:12 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Yuki Nilsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From apetrov@mindspring.com Sun Jan 15 14:05:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!apetrov From: apetrov@mindspring.com (Andrei Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan15.140512.7877@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 14:05:12 GMT References: <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu>, ynilsson@cmu.edu (Yuki Nilsson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Andrei Petrov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jsokolov@kiae.su Tue Jan 17 07:50:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!jsokolov From: jsokolov@kiae.su (Jen Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan17.075012.9456@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:50:12 GMT References: <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu> <1995Jan15.140512.7877@mindspring.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan15.140512.7877@mindspring.com>, apetrov@mindspring.com (Andrei Petrov) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Jen Sokolov Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From dito@unam.mx Tue Jan 17 10:55:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!unam!dito From: dito@unam.mx (Dong-hyun Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan17.105512.9051@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 10:55:12 GMT References: <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu>, ynilsson@cmu.edu (Yuki Nilsson) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Dong-hyun Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dbrennan@titech.ac.jp Thu Jan 19 14:10:12 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!titech!dbrennan From: dbrennan@titech.ac.jp (Diego Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan19.141012.8221@titech.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:10:12 GMT References: <1995Jan14.215512.7914@cmu.edu> <1995Jan15.140512.7877@mindspring.com> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan15.140512.7877@mindspring.com>, apetrov@mindspring.com (Andrei Petrov) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Diego Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "A soul is not exclusive to biology."