From rjohansson@berkeley.edu Thu Jun 01 05:27:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!rjohansson From: rjohansson@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 05:27:09 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Rodrigo Johansson "Do not worship the copy." Atari Falcon 030 / System 7.5.1 From fbrennan@utexas.edu Fri Jun 02 11:00:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!fbrennan From: fbrennan@utexas.edu (Fiona Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun02.110009.7722@utexas.edu> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 11:00:09 GMT References: <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu>, rjohansson@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Johansson) 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 slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Fiona Brennan Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hramirez@pipeline.com Fri Jun 02 13:59:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!hramirez From: hramirez@pipeline.com (Heather Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun02.135909.1546@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 13:59:09 GMT References: <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu>, rjohansson@berkeley.edu (Rodrigo Johansson) 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. -- Heather Ramírez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de Sat Jun 03 00:19:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uni-hamburg!mokonkwo From: mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun03.001909.6472@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 00:19:09 GMT References: <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun02.110009.7722@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun02.110009.7722@utexas.edu>, fbrennan@utexas.edu (Fiona Brennan) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Mikhail Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lramirez@kth.se Sun Jun 04 06:12:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!lramirez From: lramirez@kth.se (Lars Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun04.061209.4284@kth.se> Date: Sun, 04 Jun 1995 06:12:09 GMT References: <1995Jun01.052709.9742@berkeley.edu> <1995Jun02.110009.7722@utexas.edu> <1995Jun03.001909.6472@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun03.001909.6472@uni-hamburg.de>, mokonkwo@uni-hamburg.de (Mikhail 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Lars Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0