From rreyes@cmu.edu Sat Aug 19 03:19:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cmu!rreyes From: rreyes@cmu.edu (Raj Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:19:31 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Raj Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Marcus is not one man." From csmirnov@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 21 06:48:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!csmirnov From: csmirnov@titech.ac.jp (Camila Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.064831.5555@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 06:48:31 GMT References: <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu>, rreyes@cmu.edu (Raj Reyes) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Camila Smirnov -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From nchoi@mit.edu Mon Aug 21 19:09:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mit!nchoi From: nchoi@mit.edu (Nadia Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug21.190931.7387@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 19:09:31 GMT References: <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu>, rreyes@cmu.edu (Raj Reyes) 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. -- Nadia Choi "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From dhughes@utexas.edu Tue Aug 22 20:22:31 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!utexas!dhughes From: dhughes@utexas.edu (Dmitri Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug22.202231.7364@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 1995 20:22:31 GMT References: <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug19.031931.4897@cmu.edu>, rreyes@cmu.edu (Raj Reyes) writes: > 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 contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Dmitri Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.