From nkowalski@utexas.edu Wed Nov 09 00:20:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!utexas!nkowalski From: nkowalski@utexas.edu (Nadine Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov09.002011.8524@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 00:20:11 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Nadine Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From mmartinez@berkeley.edu Wed Nov 09 11:38:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!mmartinez From: mmartinez@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov09.113811.2593@berkeley.edu> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 11:38:11 GMT References: <1994Nov09.002011.8524@utexas.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov09.002011.8524@utexas.edu>, nkowalski@utexas.edu (Nadine Kowalski) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Mathieu Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UC Berkeley Department of EECS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mkuznetsov@kth.se Thu Nov 10 01:19:11 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!mkuznetsov From: mkuznetsov@kth.se (Matthias Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov10.011911.9606@kth.se> Date: Thu, 10 Nov 1994 01:19:11 GMT References: <1994Nov09.002011.8524@utexas.edu> <1994Nov09.113811.2593@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov09.113811.2593@berkeley.edu>, mmartinez@berkeley.edu (Mathieu Martínez) writes: > 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Matthias Kuznetsov "Row 14. No joke." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1