From arodriguez@mindspring.com Fri Jan 27 18:18:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!arodriguez From: arodriguez@mindspring.com (Andrei Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 18:18:56 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Andrei Rodríguez | arodriguez@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 7E74 B9AA 6EAB A318 "Keep the channels open." From klee@pacbell.net Sun Jan 29 14:58:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!klee From: klee@pacbell.net (Karen Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan29.145856.8735@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 14:58:56 GMT References: <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com>, arodriguez@mindspring.com (Andrei Rodríguez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- === Karen Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Pacific Bell Internet Services "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From ttanaka@unam.mx Tue Jan 31 03:29:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!ttanaka From: ttanaka@unam.mx (Thiago Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan31.032956.7925@unam.mx> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 03:29:56 GMT References: <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com>, arodriguez@mindspring.com (Andrei Rodríguez) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Thiago Tanaka | ttanaka@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: E8E5 5B2F B2BB 1BDC "Keep the channels open." From bjohansson@illinois.edu Tue Jan 31 20:32:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!illinois!bjohansson From: bjohansson@illinois.edu (Brian Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan31.203256.8738@illinois.edu> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 20:32:56 GMT References: <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com> <1995Jan31.032956.7925@unam.mx> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan31.032956.7925@unam.mx>, ttanaka@unam.mx (Thiago Tanaka) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Brian Johansson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From jsokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Feb 02 16:56:56 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!jsokolov From: jsokolov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Julien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb02.165656.3143@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 16:56:56 GMT References: <1995Jan27.181856.2352@mindspring.com> <1995Jan29.145856.8735@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jan29.145856.8735@pacbell.net>, klee@pacbell.net (Karen Lee) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Julien Sokolov "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / FreeBSD 2.1