From knovak@stanford.edu Tue May 09 02:30:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!knovak From: knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 02:30:50 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Kenji Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From jandersson@kth.se Wed May 10 06:12:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!jandersson From: jandersson@kth.se (Jen Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May10.061250.6914@kth.se> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 06:12:50 GMT References: <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu>, knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) writes: > 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Jen Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From sito@earthlink.net Wed May 10 18:32:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!sito From: sito@earthlink.net (Sun-mi Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May10.183250.6327@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 18:32:50 GMT References: <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu> <1995May10.061250.6914@kth.se> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May10.061250.6914@kth.se>, jandersson@kth.se (Jen Andersson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Sun-mi Ito Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jweber@mindspring.com Fri May 12 15:51:50 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mindspring!jweber From: jweber@mindspring.com (Jens Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May12.155150.2646@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 15:51:50 GMT References: <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May09.023050.7958@stanford.edu>, knovak@stanford.edu (Kenji Novak) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Jens Weber "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04