From ylarsson@unam.mx Sun Sep 03 20:28:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!ylarsson From: ylarsson@unam.mx (Yuki Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep03.202805.6055@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 20:28:05 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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? -- === Yuki Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From mmuller@stanford.edu Sun Sep 03 21:24:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!mmuller From: mmuller@stanford.edu (Mei Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep03.212405.9199@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 21:24:05 GMT References: <1995Sep03.202805.6055@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep03.202805.6055@unam.mx>, ylarsson@unam.mx (Yuki Larsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Mei Müller "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1 From ltanaka@uu.net Mon Sep 04 20:43:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!uu!ltanaka From: ltanaka@uu.net (Lars Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep04.204305.4609@uu.net> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 1995 20:43:05 GMT References: <1995Sep03.202805.6055@unam.mx> <1995Sep03.212405.9199@stanford.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep03.212405.9199@stanford.edu>, mmuller@stanford.edu (Mei Müller) 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.' -- Lars Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0