From ehernandez@inria.fr Sat Aug 19 04:53:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!ehernandez From: ehernandez@inria.fr (Emi Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug19.045304.9228@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 04:53:04 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Emi Hernández | ehernandez@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 55A2 3B9B 7CCA 6CAB "Keep the channels open." From rchoi@utexas.edu Sun Aug 20 09:02:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!rchoi From: rchoi@utexas.edu (Raj Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug20.090204.9224@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 09:02:04 GMT References: <1995Aug19.045304.9228@inria.fr> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug19.045304.9228@inria.fr>, ehernandez@inria.fr (Emi Hernández) writes: > 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Raj Choi Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."