From ssantos@berkeley.edu Sat Dec 21 15:13:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!ssantos From: ssantos@berkeley.edu (Steve Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu> Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 15:13:32 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Steve Santos -- UC Berkeley Department of EECS "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From hsanchez@demon.co.uk Sun Dec 22 23:24:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!demon!hsanchez From: hsanchez@demon.co.uk (Hugo Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec22.232432.9404@demon.co.uk> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 23:24:32 GMT References: <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu>, ssantos@berkeley.edu (Steve Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Hugo Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From preyes@netcom.com Mon Dec 23 06:11:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!netcom!preyes From: preyes@netcom.com (Pavel Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec23.061132.3796@netcom.com> Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 06:11:32 GMT References: <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu>, ssantos@berkeley.edu (Steve Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Pavel Reyes === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From ahughes@pipeline.com Tue Dec 24 17:59:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!pipeline!ahughes From: ahughes@pipeline.com (Aiko Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec24.175932.4563@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 17:59:32 GMT References: <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Dec21.151332.1952@berkeley.edu>, ssantos@berkeley.edu (Steve Santos) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Aiko Hughes | ahughes@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 3EDB 9073 8718 F686 "Keep the channels open."