From hdubois@hanse.de Tue Oct 01 05:10:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!hanse!hdubois From: hdubois@hanse.de (Heather Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct01.051040.3783@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 05:10:40 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Heather Dubois Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them." From agirard@purdue.edu Wed Oct 02 23:44:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!purdue!agirard From: agirard@purdue.edu (Astrid Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct02.234440.6812@purdue.edu> Date: Wed, 02 Oct 1996 23:44:40 GMT References: <1996Oct01.051040.3783@hanse.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct01.051040.3783@hanse.de>, hdubois@hanse.de (Heather Dubois) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Astrid Girard "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / Linux 1.2.13 From mdubois@cmu.edu Sat Oct 05 03:03:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!mdubois From: mdubois@cmu.edu (Mateo Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct05.030340.6142@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 05 Oct 1996 03:03:40 GMT References: <1996Oct01.051040.3783@hanse.de> <1996Oct02.234440.6812@purdue.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct02.234440.6812@purdue.edu>, agirard@purdue.edu (Astrid Girard) 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. > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Mateo Dubois -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Row 14. No joke."