From achoi@cern.ch Fri Aug 18 11:06:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!achoi From: achoi@cern.ch (Andrei Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug18.110658.9836@cern.ch> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:06:58 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Andrei Choi -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From lsilva@cam.ac.uk Sat Aug 19 23:56:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!lsilva From: lsilva@cam.ac.uk (Lars Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug19.235658.3585@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 23:56:58 GMT References: <1995Aug18.110658.9836@cern.ch> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug18.110658.9836@cern.ch>, achoi@cern.ch (Andrei Choi) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- === Lars Silva === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mkang@kiae.su Sun Aug 20 15:06:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kiae!mkang From: mkang@kiae.su (Mei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug20.150658.6315@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 1995 15:06:58 GMT References: <1995Aug18.110658.9836@cern.ch> <1995Aug19.235658.3585@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.235658.3585@cam.ac.uk>, lsilva@cam.ac.uk (Lars Silva) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Mei Kang "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." NeXTstation Turbo Color / AmigaOS 3.1