From rokonkwo@cmu.edu Fri Oct 13 04:51:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!rokonkwo From: rokonkwo@cmu.edu (Raj Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 04:51:41 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Raj Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From orobertson@mindspring.com Sat Oct 14 05:47:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mindspring!orobertson From: orobertson@mindspring.com (Olga Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 05:47:41 GMT References: <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu>, rokonkwo@cmu.edu (Raj Okonkwo) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- === Olga Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From fgonzalez@cmu.edu Sat Oct 14 19:22:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cmu!fgonzalez From: fgonzalez@cmu.edu (Fiona González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct14.192241.9942@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 14 Oct 1995 19:22:41 GMT References: <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu> <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com>, orobertson@mindspring.com (Olga Robertson) 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. -- === Fiona González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Row 14. No joke." From swatanabe@hanse.de Sun Oct 15 06:14:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!swatanabe From: swatanabe@hanse.de (Sven Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct15.061441.5253@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 1995 06:14:41 GMT References: <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu> <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com> <1995Oct14.192241.9942@cmu.edu> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct14.192241.9942@cmu.edu>, fgonzalez@cmu.edu (Fiona González) 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. -- Sven Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg. ------------------------------------------------------------ From ksouza@kiae.su Mon Oct 16 06:17:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!ksouza From: ksouza@kiae.su (Katrin Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct16.061741.5650@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 06:17:41 GMT References: <1995Oct13.045141.2566@cmu.edu> <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct14.054741.7622@mindspring.com>, orobertson@mindspring.com (Olga Robertson) 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.' -- Katrin Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.