From bsmirnov@clari.net Wed Apr 12 12:28:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!clari!bsmirnov From: bsmirnov@clari.net (Bill Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 12:28:25 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Bill Smirnov | bsmirnov@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 5E47 FCC3 F9E1 6876 "Keep the channels open." From tcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Apr 13 12:05:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!tcampbell From: tcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Takeshi Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.120525.7197@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 12:05:25 GMT References: <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net>, bsmirnov@clari.net (Bill Smirnov) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Takeshi Campbell | tcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 1329 E9D7 B8BC 3D6A "Keep the channels open." From slindqvist@clari.net Sat Apr 15 14:15:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!slindqvist From: slindqvist@clari.net (Sergei Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr15.141525.6225@clari.net> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 14:15:25 GMT References: <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net>, bsmirnov@clari.net (Bill Smirnov) writes: > 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. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Sergei Lindqvist | slindqvist@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: B0B6 DEA8 745B 3D82 "Keep the channels open." From rfischer@cmu.edu Sat Apr 15 22:07:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!rfischer From: rfischer@cmu.edu (Renata Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr15.220725.3918@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 15 Apr 1995 22:07:25 GMT References: <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net>, bsmirnov@clari.net (Bill Smirnov) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Renata Fischer "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Amiga 3000T / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From elarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Apr 16 22:10:25 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!elarsson From: elarsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Élodie Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr16.221025.2533@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 16 Apr 1995 22:10:25 GMT References: <1995Apr12.122825.5826@clari.net> <1995Apr15.220725.3918@cmu.edu> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr15.220725.3918@cmu.edu>, rfischer@cmu.edu (Renata Fischer) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Élodie Larsson Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."