From kpetrov@unam.mx Tue Nov 14 19:47:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!unam!kpetrov From: kpetrov@unam.mx (Kirsty Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 19:47:02 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Kirsty Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mkim@mit.edu Wed Nov 15 10:49:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!mkim From: mkim@mit.edu (Matthias Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov15.104902.1473@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 10:49:02 GMT References: <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx>, kpetrov@unam.mx (Kirsty Petrov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Matthias Kim -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From rwatanabe@stanford.edu Wed Nov 15 13:35:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!rwatanabe From: rwatanabe@stanford.edu (Renata Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov15.133502.2545@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 13:35:02 GMT References: <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx> <1995Nov15.104902.1473@mit.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov15.104902.1473@mit.edu>, mkim@mit.edu (Matthias Kim) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- === Renata Watanabe === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From fbrennan@mit.edu Wed Nov 15 17:54:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!fbrennan From: fbrennan@mit.edu (Freya Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov15.175402.4839@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 17:54:02 GMT References: <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Nov14.194702.5915@unam.mx>, kpetrov@unam.mx (Kirsty Petrov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Freya Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"