From oito@earthlink.net Mon Jul 15 13:18:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!oito From: oito@earthlink.net (Olga Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul15.131840.3116@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 13:18:40 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Olga Ito | oito@earthlink.net PGP Key fingerprint: B098 1753 C0C8 E510 "Keep the channels open." From thughes@utexas.edu Wed Jul 17 15:01:40 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!thughes From: thughes@utexas.edu (Tomas Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul17.150140.1764@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 15:01:40 GMT References: <1996Jul15.131840.3116@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul15.131840.3116@earthlink.net>, oito@earthlink.net (Olga Ito) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tomas Hughes Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."