From dramirez@uni-hamburg.de Tue Sep 05 19:55:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!dramirez From: dramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Dave Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep05.195509.8275@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 05 Sep 1995 19:55:09 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Dave Ramírez Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From asokolov@unam.mx Wed Sep 06 11:30:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!asokolov From: asokolov@unam.mx (Anton Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep06.113009.5208@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 11:30:09 GMT References: <1995Sep05.195509.8275@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Sep05.195509.8275@uni-hamburg.de>, dramirez@uni-hamburg.de (Dave Ramírez) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Anton Sokolov US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From kpopov@pipeline.com Thu Sep 07 16:50:09 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!kpopov From: kpopov@pipeline.com (Katrin Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep07.165009.5056@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 16:50:09 GMT References: <1995Sep05.195509.8275@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Sep06.113009.5208@unam.mx> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep06.113009.5208@unam.mx>, asokolov@unam.mx (Anton Sokolov) 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.' -- Katrin Popov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.