NAKAMORI AKINA – D404ME
(1) Submarine sounds. Mid pace and no obvious influences HNT 0/13 MV 1/5 (2) Ring modulator and ADSR synth, much higher vox MV 2/5 Dynamics to chorus. Momoe parts (3) Slide and Gusty Gale, prototyped on ‘Kita Wing’ MV 2/5 (4) More of the same, lovely bass, no FX HNT 0, synth at end, [da-da-da-da–da-daa-da-daa-da-da] WHAT|SONG?? LOOK IT UP* (5) The Slow One. (6) D-Mode plinkyplonky sample. Light distortion and reverb on gtr. Synth sounds like…Miho? Really?? Crude drum machine, 5/4 in chorus, then 7/4. EQ on vox, like bad Shortwave. (7) Reverb on drums; reverb on vox, mid-80’s hip-hop synth and scratch. Now Phasing on the drums. Lots of production on everything; neat pause MV:0 HMT:2/13 (8) Proper 80’s synth on this one, phasing on vox (is this ‘Star Pilot’?) sounds like Nori-P. HNT 0/13 (9) Slow arpeggiations – sounds like…..some other single….”AATAAAASHIII AREBAA NAIII WOOO NIII…..”** LOOK IT UP!! The release date is 10th August 1985.
* The song I was thinking of here is ‘Blonde’
** and the one I was thinking of here was ‘Nibunmoichi no Shinwa’