From lstewart@clari.net Thu Mar 16 23:31:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!lstewart From: lstewart@clari.net (Lucia Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar16.233147.8832@clari.net> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 23:31:47 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Lucia Stewart *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From jlee@mindspring.com Sat Mar 18 06:11:47 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!mindspring!jlee From: jlee@mindspring.com (Joachim Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar18.061147.6394@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 06:11:47 GMT References: <1995Mar16.233147.8832@clari.net> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar16.233147.8832@clari.net>, lstewart@clari.net (Lucia Stewart) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Joachim Lee Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.