From alopez@panix.com Fri Oct 27 10:10:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!alopez From: alopez@panix.com (Astrid López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct27.101039.1181@panix.com> Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 10:10:39 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Astrid López Zyxel U-1496E @ 28,800 bps "Row 14. No joke." From ksokolov@unam.mx Sat Oct 28 20:39:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!ksokolov From: ksokolov@unam.mx (Kirsty Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct28.203939.9664@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 20:39:39 GMT References: <1995Oct27.101039.1181@panix.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct27.101039.1181@panix.com>, alopez@panix.com (Astrid López) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. -- Kirsty Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From skim@stanford.edu Sat Oct 28 21:36:39 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!skim From: skim@stanford.edu (Sun-mi Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct28.213639.8294@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 28 Oct 1995 21:36:39 GMT References: <1995Oct27.101039.1181@panix.com> <1995Oct28.203939.9664@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct28.203939.9664@unam.mx>, ksokolov@unam.mx (Kirsty Sokolov) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Sun-mi Kim -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."