From dsmirnov@cmu.edu Sun Feb 12 04:45:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!dsmirnov From: dsmirnov@cmu.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb12.044524.7162@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 04:45:24 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Dmitri Smirnov "Row 14. No joke." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ssanchez@kiae.su Sun Feb 12 23:32:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!ssanchez From: ssanchez@kiae.su (Sergei Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb12.233224.8586@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 23:32:24 GMT References: <1995Feb12.044524.7162@cmu.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb12.044524.7162@cmu.edu>, dsmirnov@cmu.edu (Dmitri Smirnov) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Sergei Sánchez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0