From jlindqvist@utexas.edu Sat Dec 16 01:56:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!utexas!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@utexas.edu (Jen Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 01:56:24 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Jen Lindqvist "They will send a copy in my place." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From jchoi@panix.com Sun Dec 17 07:40:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!jchoi From: jchoi@panix.com (Jens Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec17.074024.3306@panix.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 07:40:24 GMT References: <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu>, jlindqvist@utexas.edu (Jen Lindqvist) 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. -- === Jens Choi === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Public Access Unix of New York "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From tmuller@utexas.edu Sun Dec 17 22:06:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!tmuller From: tmuller@utexas.edu (Tyler Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec17.220624.1208@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1995 22:06:24 GMT References: <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu> <1995Dec17.074024.3306@panix.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Dec17.074024.3306@panix.com>, jchoi@panix.com (Jens Choi) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Tyler Müller Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From bfournier@demon.co.uk Mon Dec 18 10:16:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!bfournier From: bfournier@demon.co.uk (Bruno Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec18.101624.5930@demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 10:16:24 GMT References: <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu>, jlindqvist@utexas.edu (Jen Lindqvist) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Bruno Fournier *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0 From tperez@mindspring.com Wed Dec 20 01:46:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mindspring!tperez From: tperez@mindspring.com (Tomas Pérez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec20.014624.4296@mindspring.com> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 01:46:24 GMT References: <1995Dec16.015624.6096@utexas.edu> <1995Dec18.101624.5930@demon.co.uk> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec18.101624.5930@demon.co.uk>, bfournier@demon.co.uk (Bruno Fournier) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Tomas Pérez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 33,600 bps "They will send a copy in my place."