From fito@cmu.edu Thu May 26 01:25:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cmu!fito From: fito@cmu.edu (Fiona Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994May26.012524.8765@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 01:25:24 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. 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? -- Fiona Ito *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From dkang@unam.mx Sat May 28 04:41:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!dkang From: dkang@unam.mx (Dmitri Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994May28.044124.7268@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 28 May 1994 04:41:24 GMT References: <1994May26.012524.8765@cmu.edu> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994May26.012524.8765@cmu.edu>, fito@cmu.edu (Fiona Ito) 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. -- Dmitri Kang Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From brodriguez@stanford.edu Sun May 29 08:55:24 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!stanford!brodriguez From: brodriguez@stanford.edu (Bastien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994May29.085524.2804@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 29 May 1994 08:55:24 GMT References: <1994May26.012524.8765@cmu.edu> <1994May28.044124.7268@unam.mx> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994May28.044124.7268@unam.mx>, dkang@unam.mx (Dmitri Kang) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Bastien Rodríguez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.