From spopov@illinois.edu Sun Nov 26 23:01:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!spopov From: spopov@illinois.edu (Sergei Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov26.230108.7730@illinois.edu> Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 23:01:08 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- === Sergei Popov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mpetrov@mit.edu Mon Nov 27 23:37:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!mpetrov From: mpetrov@mit.edu (Morag Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov27.233708.1376@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 23:37:08 GMT References: <1995Nov26.230108.7730@illinois.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov26.230108.7730@illinois.edu>, spopov@illinois.edu (Sergei Popov) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Morag Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dschneider@kth.se Wed Nov 29 22:17:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!dschneider From: dschneider@kth.se (Dong-hyun Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov29.221708.6001@kth.se> Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1995 22:17:08 GMT References: <1995Nov26.230108.7730@illinois.edu> <1995Nov27.233708.1376@mit.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov27.233708.1376@mit.edu>, mpetrov@mit.edu (Morag Petrov) 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. -- Dong-hyun Schneider Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay."