From kmoreau@inria.fr Mon May 15 04:32:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!kmoreau From: kmoreau@inria.fr (Katrin Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 04:32:42 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Katrin Moreau | kmoreau@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: D4B6 47FF 9363 73FD "Keep the channels open." From glaurent@cam.ac.uk Tue May 16 19:45:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!cam!glaurent From: glaurent@cam.ac.uk (Graham Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 19:45:42 GMT References: <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr>, kmoreau@inria.fr (Katrin Moreau) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Graham Laurent -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mlaurent@cern.ch Thu May 18 14:34:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!mlaurent From: mlaurent@cern.ch (Morag Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.143442.8087@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 14:34:42 GMT References: <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr> <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk>, glaurent@cam.ac.uk (Graham Laurent) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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. -- Morag Laurent Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From cbrennan@rwth-aachen.de Thu May 18 19:52:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!cbrennan From: cbrennan@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.195242.9377@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 19:52:42 GMT References: <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr> <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk>, glaurent@cam.ac.uk (Graham Laurent) 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. -- Camila Brennan -- RWTH Aachen Informatik "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From tmartinez@cern.ch Sat May 20 14:50:42 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!tmartinez From: tmartinez@cern.ch (Takeshi Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May20.145042.6469@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 14:50:42 GMT References: <1995May15.043242.8311@inria.fr> <1995May16.194542.5544@cam.ac.uk> <1995May18.143442.8087@cern.ch> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995May18.143442.8087@cern.ch>, mlaurent@cern.ch (Morag Laurent) writes: > 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. 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. -- Takeshi Martínez -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "When every node is whole, the channel opens."