From ftanaka@titech.ac.jp Sun Jun 04 19:53:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!ftanaka From: ftanaka@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 19:53:20 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Fiona Tanaka Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From pmuller@purdue.edu Tue Jun 06 12:07:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!purdue!pmuller From: pmuller@purdue.edu (Pavel Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun06.120720.9599@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 06 Jun 1995 12:07:20 GMT References: <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp>, ftanaka@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Tanaka) 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. -- Pavel Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From okuznetsov@utexas.edu Wed Jun 07 07:12:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!okuznetsov From: okuznetsov@utexas.edu (Olga Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun07.071220.9306@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 07:12:20 GMT References: <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp>, ftanaka@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Tanaka) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Olga Kuznetsov -- University of Texas at Austin "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From hnilsson@kth.se Wed Jun 07 18:10:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!hnilsson From: hnilsson@kth.se (Hugo Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun07.181020.5356@kth.se> Date: Wed, 07 Jun 1995 18:10:20 GMT References: <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jun06.120720.9599@purdue.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun06.120720.9599@purdue.edu>, pmuller@purdue.edu (Pavel Müller) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Hugo Nilsson "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Atari Falcon 030 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jperez@mit.edu Thu Jun 08 16:57:20 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!jperez From: jperez@mit.edu (Jen Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun08.165720.8256@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 1995 16:57:20 GMT References: <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun04.195320.9181@titech.ac.jp>, ftanaka@titech.ac.jp (Fiona Tanaka) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Jen Pérez Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "They will send a copy in my place."