From treyes@inria.fr Fri Mar 01 20:14:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!treyes From: treyes@inria.fr (Tomas Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar01.201447.5456@inria.fr> Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 20:14:47 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Tomas Reyes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From dlopez@berkeley.edu Sun Mar 03 11:21:47 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!berkeley!dlopez From: dlopez@berkeley.edu (Dmitri López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar03.112147.6588@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 03 Mar 1996 11:21:47 GMT References: <1996Mar01.201447.5456@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar01.201447.5456@inria.fr>, treyes@inria.fr (Tomas Reyes) writes: > 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Dmitri López | dlopez@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 6607 E9F1 4B1D 1A96 "Keep the channels open."