From dnovak@demon.co.uk Mon Feb 20 19:17:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!dnovak From: dnovak@demon.co.uk (Diego Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 19:17:08 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Diego Novak -- Demon Internet Services UK "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From eokonkwo@pipeline.com Tue Feb 21 05:16:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!eokonkwo From: eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Élodie Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 05:16:08 GMT References: <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk>, dnovak@demon.co.uk (Diego Novak) 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. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Élodie Okonkwo "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun SparcStation 20 / SunOS 4.1.4 From dlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Feb 23 08:36:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!dlopez From: dlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb23.083608.1386@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 08:36:08 GMT References: <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com>, eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Élodie Okonkwo) 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. > Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Diego López | dlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: D61F E88F BD5A 51C2 "Keep the channels open." From acampbell@ox.ac.uk Fri Feb 24 19:16:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!acampbell From: acampbell@ox.ac.uk (Amy Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb24.191608.5463@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 19:16:08 GMT References: <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com>, eokonkwo@pipeline.com (Élodie Okonkwo) 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Amy Campbell | acampbell@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: BEDB 0960 D088 2D4D "Keep the channels open." From tlee@cmu.edu Sun Feb 26 10:53:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!tlee From: tlee@cmu.edu (Tyler Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb26.105308.8360@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 10:53:08 GMT References: <1995Feb20.191708.7053@demon.co.uk> <1995Feb21.051608.5519@pipeline.com> <1995Feb23.083608.1386@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb23.083608.1386@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, dlopez@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Diego López) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Tyler Lee -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Row 14. No joke."