From amartinez@utexas.edu Thu Jul 11 04:40:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!amartinez From: amartinez@utexas.edu (Astrid Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul11.044026.3453@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 04:40:26 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Astrid Martínez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de Fri Jul 12 18:51:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!kmacdonald From: kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul12.185126.4848@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 12 Jul 1996 18:51:26 GMT References: <1996Jul11.044026.3453@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul11.044026.3453@utexas.edu>, amartinez@utexas.edu (Astrid Martínez) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Kirsty MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From lgirard@stanford.edu Sat Jul 13 05:31:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!stanford!lgirard From: lgirard@stanford.edu (Lisa Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul13.053126.7077@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 05:31:26 GMT References: <1996Jul11.044026.3453@utexas.edu> <1996Jul12.185126.4848@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul12.185126.4848@uni-hamburg.de>, kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty MacDonald) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Lisa Girard Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tsmirnov@panix.com Sat Jul 13 15:22:26 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!tsmirnov From: tsmirnov@panix.com (Tyler Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul13.152226.4277@panix.com> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 15:22:26 GMT References: <1996Jul11.044026.3453@utexas.edu> <1996Jul12.185126.4848@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul12.185126.4848@uni-hamburg.de>, kmacdonald@uni-hamburg.de (Kirsty MacDonald) 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.' -- Tyler Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.