From brobertson@utexas.edu Thu Jan 13 11:43:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!brobertson From: brobertson@utexas.edu (Brian Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan13.114319.9618@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 1994 11:43:19 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Brian Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From tgarcia@stanford.edu Sat Jan 15 11:43:19 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!stanford!tgarcia From: tgarcia@stanford.edu (Tobias García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan15.114319.7350@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Jan 1994 11:43:19 GMT References: <1994Jan13.114319.9618@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan13.114319.9618@utexas.edu>, brobertson@utexas.edu (Brian Robertson) 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. -- Tobias García SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 14,400 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."