From mweber@cern.ch Tue Nov 08 10:41:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!mweber From: mweber@cern.ch (Mike Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 10:41:27 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 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? -- === Mike Weber === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "They will send a copy in my place." From mkowalski@ox.ac.uk Tue Nov 08 23:03:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!ox!mkowalski From: mkowalski@ox.ac.uk (Morag Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov08.230327.9582@ox.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 23:03:27 GMT References: <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch>, mweber@cern.ch (Mike Weber) 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 contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Morag Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "They will send a copy in my place." From pnakamura@stanford.edu Wed Nov 09 14:08:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!pnakamura From: pnakamura@stanford.edu (Pavel Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov09.140827.1644@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 14:08:27 GMT References: <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch>, mweber@cern.ch (Mike Weber) 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. 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. -- Pavel Nakamura "Marcus is not one man." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From lkim@rwth-aachen.de Wed Nov 09 23:50:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!lkim From: lkim@rwth-aachen.de (Lars Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov09.235027.8023@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 23:50:27 GMT References: <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch> <1994Nov09.140827.1644@stanford.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov09.140827.1644@stanford.edu>, pnakamura@stanford.edu (Pavel Nakamura) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Lars Kim Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jsokolov@kiae.su Thu Nov 10 12:21:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kiae!jsokolov From: jsokolov@kiae.su (Jen Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov10.122127.8127@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 12:21:27 GMT References: <1994Nov08.104127.6066@cern.ch> <1994Nov09.140827.1644@stanford.edu> <1994Nov09.235027.8023@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1994Nov09.235027.8023@rwth-aachen.de>, lkim@rwth-aachen.de (Lars Kim) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Jen Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------