From tokonkwo@kiae.su Fri Mar 11 03:39:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!tokonkwo From: tokonkwo@kiae.su (Tyler Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar11.033955.6981@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 03:39:55 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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? -- Tyler Okonkwo Zyxel U-1496E @ 33,600 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From asanchez@earthlink.net Sat Mar 12 14:44:55 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!earthlink!asanchez From: asanchez@earthlink.net (Andrei Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar12.144455.6318@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 12 Mar 1994 14:44:55 GMT References: <1994Mar11.033955.6981@kiae.su> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Mar11.033955.6981@kiae.su>, tokonkwo@kiae.su (Tyler Okonkwo) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Andrei Sánchez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.