From fnilsson@panix.com Mon Oct 02 04:49:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!panix!fnilsson From: fnilsson@panix.com (Freya Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 04:49:16 GMT Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Freya Nilsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mnilsson@inria.fr Mon Oct 02 15:25:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!inria!mnilsson From: mnilsson@inria.fr (Mikhail Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct02.152516.9802@inria.fr> Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 15:25:16 GMT References: <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com>, fnilsson@panix.com (Freya Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. -- Mikhail Nilsson -- INRIA Rocquencourt "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From jnakamura@netcom.com Wed Oct 04 02:03:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!jnakamura From: jnakamura@netcom.com (Jen Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct04.020316.2927@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 1995 02:03:16 GMT References: <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com> <1995Oct02.152516.9802@inria.fr> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct02.152516.9802@inria.fr>, mnilsson@inria.fr (Mikhail Nilsson) 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. 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. -- === Jen Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From dtakahashi@uu.net Thu Oct 05 14:11:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!dtakahashi From: dtakahashi@uu.net (Dave Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct05.141116.2043@uu.net> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 1995 14:11:16 GMT References: <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct02.044916.2240@panix.com>, fnilsson@panix.com (Freya Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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. -- Dave Takahashi -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Marcus is not one man."