From vstewart@cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 17 21:03:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!vstewart From: vstewart@cam.ac.uk (Valeria Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 21:03:13 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Valeria Stewart Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From nlaurent@mindspring.com Wed Dec 18 16:41:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!mindspring!nlaurent From: nlaurent@mindspring.com (Nadia Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec18.164113.7636@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 16:41:13 GMT References: <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk>, vstewart@cam.ac.uk (Valeria Stewart) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Nadia Laurent Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of MindSpring Enterprises. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jkuznetsov@stanford.edu Fri Dec 20 00:25:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!stanford!jkuznetsov From: jkuznetsov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec20.002513.9895@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 1996 00:25:13 GMT References: <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk> <1996Dec18.164113.7636@mindspring.com> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec18.164113.7636@mindspring.com>, nlaurent@mindspring.com (Nadia Laurent) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Ji-woo Kuznetsov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From mkang@pacbell.net Sat Dec 21 22:31:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!mkang From: mkang@pacbell.net (Mateo Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec21.223113.7204@pacbell.net> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 22:31:13 GMT References: <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk>, vstewart@cam.ac.uk (Valeria Stewart) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Mateo Kang Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From yrobertson@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 22 12:14:13 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!yrobertson From: yrobertson@demon.co.uk (Yuki Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec22.121413.9582@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 12:14:13 GMT References: <1996Dec17.210313.3962@cam.ac.uk> <1996Dec18.164113.7636@mindspring.com> <1996Dec20.002513.9895@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec20.002513.9895@stanford.edu>, jkuznetsov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Kuznetsov) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Yuki Robertson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Demon Internet Services UK. ------------------------------------------------------------