From rsuzuki@delphi.com Fri Nov 15 08:27:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!rsuzuki From: rsuzuki@delphi.com (Raj Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov15.082749.1395@delphi.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 08:27:49 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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? -- Raj Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mlee@purdue.edu Fri Nov 15 16:39:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!mlee From: mlee@purdue.edu (Morag Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov15.163949.8542@purdue.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 16:39:49 GMT References: <1996Nov15.082749.1395@delphi.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1996Nov15.082749.1395@delphi.com>, rsuzuki@delphi.com (Raj Suzuki) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Morag Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From gfournier@illinois.edu Sun Nov 17 01:31:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!gfournier From: gfournier@illinois.edu (Graham Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Nov17.013149.2961@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Nov 1996 01:31:49 GMT References: <1996Nov15.082749.1395@delphi.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Nov15.082749.1395@delphi.com>, rsuzuki@delphi.com (Raj Suzuki) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Graham Fournier US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."