From kramirez@uu.net Wed Nov 16 03:24:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!kramirez From: kramirez@uu.net (Karen Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 03:24:33 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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? -- === Karen Ramírez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From cokonkwo@cmu.edu Wed Nov 16 10:11:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!cokonkwo From: cokonkwo@cmu.edu (Camila Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov16.101133.8654@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 16 Nov 1994 10:11:33 GMT References: <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net>, kramirez@uu.net (Karen Ramírez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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. -- Camila Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dramirez@unam.mx Fri Nov 18 05:20:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!unam!dramirez From: dramirez@unam.mx (Dave Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov18.052033.3988@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 05:20:33 GMT References: <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net>, kramirez@uu.net (Karen Ramírez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Dave Ramírez "Marcus is not one man." Acorn RiscPC 600 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From ksato@demon.co.uk Sun Nov 20 07:18:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!ksato From: ksato@demon.co.uk (Kenji Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov20.071833.1835@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 07:18:33 GMT References: <1994Nov16.032433.1524@uu.net> <1994Nov18.052033.3988@unam.mx> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov18.052033.3988@unam.mx>, dramirez@unam.mx (Dave Ramírez) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Kenji Sato === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Marcus is not one man."