From koliveira@rwth-aachen.de Wed Nov 01 15:40:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!rwth-aachen!koliveira From: koliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Wed, 01 Nov 1995 15:40:23 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Karen Oliveira "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From msokolov@mindspring.com Fri Nov 03 03:37:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!msokolov From: msokolov@mindspring.com (Mikhail Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov03.033723.7351@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 03:37:23 GMT References: <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de>, koliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Oliveira) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Mikhail Sokolov | msokolov@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: F39E 0738 E32C EE4D "Keep the channels open." From yramirez@stanford.edu Sat Nov 04 13:08:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!yramirez From: yramirez@stanford.edu (Yuki Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov04.130823.8271@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 13:08:23 GMT References: <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de>, koliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Oliveira) 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. -- Yuki Ramírez "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / SunOS 4.1.4 From nrodriguez@tum.de Mon Nov 06 14:12:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!nrodriguez From: nrodriguez@tum.de (Nadine Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov06.141223.3950@tum.de> Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 14:12:23 GMT References: <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov01.154023.8130@rwth-aachen.de>, koliveira@rwth-aachen.de (Karen Oliveira) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Nadine Rodríguez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Technische Universität München. ------------------------------------------------------------