From ncampbell@ox.ac.uk Fri Dec 06 10:36:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!ox!ncampbell From: ncampbell@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 06 Dec 1996 10:36:30 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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? -- Nadia Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ykowalski@ox.ac.uk Sun Dec 08 14:03:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!ykowalski From: ykowalski@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec08.140330.4830@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 14:03:30 GMT References: <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk>, ncampbell@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Campbell) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Yuki Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Oxford University Computing Laboratory "Marcus is not one man." From jmoreno@inria.fr Mon Dec 09 11:52:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!jmoreno From: jmoreno@inria.fr (Joachim Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec09.115230.8456@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 11:52:30 GMT References: <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk>, ncampbell@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Campbell) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Joachim Moreno Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From dgarcia@cmu.edu Wed Dec 11 13:15:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!dgarcia From: dgarcia@cmu.edu (Diego García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec11.131530.4380@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 13:15:30 GMT References: <1996Dec06.103630.8106@ox.ac.uk> <1996Dec08.140330.4830@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996Dec08.140330.4830@ox.ac.uk>, ykowalski@ox.ac.uk (Yuki Kowalski) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Diego García Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------