From mrodriguez@cam.ac.uk Sun Jun 23 14:48:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun23.144859.7548@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 14:48:59 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Marisol Rodríguez Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "Do not worship the copy." From lwatanabe@demon.co.uk Tue Jun 25 16:12:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!lwatanabe From: lwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Lisa Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun25.161259.3861@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 16:12:59 GMT References: <1996Jun23.144859.7548@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun23.144859.7548@cam.ac.uk>, mrodriguez@cam.ac.uk (Marisol Rodríguez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Lisa Watanabe Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From gwatanabe@purdue.edu Thu Jun 27 04:18:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!gwatanabe From: gwatanabe@purdue.edu (Göran Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun27.041859.7667@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 04:18:59 GMT References: <1996Jun23.144859.7548@cam.ac.uk> <1996Jun25.161259.3861@demon.co.uk> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun25.161259.3861@demon.co.uk>, lwatanabe@demon.co.uk (Lisa Watanabe) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Göran Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Purdue University Engineering Computer Network. ------------------------------------------------------------