From lrobertson@cmu.edu Sun Feb 26 21:24:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!lrobertson From: lrobertson@cmu.edu (Lisa Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Feb 1995 21:24:57 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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? -- Lisa Robertson | lrobertson@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 91CF E3A1 3588 38F7 "Keep the channels open." From dsouza@cmu.edu Mon Feb 27 14:34:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!dsouza From: dsouza@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 14:34:57 GMT References: <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu>, lrobertson@cmu.edu (Lisa Robertson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Dong-hyun Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mpark@mit.edu Wed Mar 01 17:00:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!mpark From: mpark@mit.edu (Mateo Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar01.170057.1448@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Mar 1995 17:00:57 GMT References: <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu> <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu>, dsouza@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Souza) 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. -- Mateo Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From esokolov@earthlink.net Thu Mar 02 09:40:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!esokolov From: esokolov@earthlink.net (Élodie Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.094057.1233@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 09:40:57 GMT References: <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu> <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu>, dsouza@cmu.edu (Dong-hyun Souza) 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.' -- Élodie Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From kmoreno@demon.co.uk Thu Mar 02 18:09:57 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!demon!kmoreno From: kmoreno@demon.co.uk (Katrin Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar02.180957.2382@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 02 Mar 1995 18:09:57 GMT References: <1995Feb26.212457.6379@cmu.edu> <1995Feb27.143457.1651@cmu.edu> <1995Mar01.170057.1448@mit.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar01.170057.1448@mit.edu>, mpark@mit.edu (Mateo Park) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Katrin Moreno Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.