From jlopez@mit.edu Thu Apr 14 15:13:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!mit!jlopez From: jlopez@mit.edu (Joachim López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr14.151305.6997@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 15:13:05 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- === Joachim López === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From kkim@stanford.edu Fri Apr 15 02:04:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!kkim From: kkim@stanford.edu (Kirsty Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr15.020405.1984@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 02:04:05 GMT References: <1994Apr14.151305.6997@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Apr14.151305.6997@mit.edu>, jlopez@mit.edu (Joachim López) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Kirsty Kim US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy." From shernandez@uu.net Sun Apr 17 03:53:05 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!shernandez From: shernandez@uu.net (Sven Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Apr17.035305.6927@uu.net> Date: Sun, 17 Apr 1994 03:53:05 GMT References: <1994Apr14.151305.6997@mit.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Apr14.151305.6997@mit.edu>, jlopez@mit.edu (Joachim López) 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. That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors. -- Sven Hernández Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------