From cmartinez@uu.net Sat Feb 11 20:56:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!cmartinez From: cmartinez@uu.net (Callum Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net> Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 20:56:27 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Callum Martínez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From tvasiliev@kth.se Sun Feb 12 03:40:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!tvasiliev From: tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb12.034027.5024@kth.se> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 03:40:27 GMT References: <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net>, cmartinez@uu.net (Callum Martínez) 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. -- Takeshi Vasiliev *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From owatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Sun Feb 12 21:52:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uni-hamburg!owatanabe From: owatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb12.215227.6495@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 21:52:27 GMT References: <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net>, cmartinez@uu.net (Callum Martínez) 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. -- Olga Watanabe -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From aeriksson@kiae.su Tue Feb 14 14:05:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!aeriksson From: aeriksson@kiae.su (Astrid Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb14.140527.3703@kiae.su> Date: Tue, 14 Feb 1995 14:05:27 GMT References: <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net> <1995Feb12.034027.5024@kth.se> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb12.034027.5024@kth.se>, tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) 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.' -- Astrid Eriksson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lsouza@demon.co.uk Wed Feb 15 17:40:27 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!demon!lsouza From: lsouza@demon.co.uk (Lucia Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb15.174027.3477@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 17:40:27 GMT References: <1995Feb11.205627.5364@uu.net> <1995Feb12.034027.5024@kth.se> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb12.034027.5024@kth.se>, tvasiliev@kth.se (Takeshi Vasiliev) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Lucia Souza SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ ISDN 64k bps "Do not worship the copy."