From bsato@kth.se Sun May 05 18:56:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!bsato From: bsato@kth.se (Brian Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May05.185632.8895@kth.se> Date: Sun, 05 May 1996 18:56:32 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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? -- Brian Sato "Do not worship the copy." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1 From fkarlsson@tum.de Tue May 07 17:14:32 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!tum!fkarlsson From: fkarlsson@tum.de (Fiona Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May07.171432.3098@tum.de> Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 17:14:32 GMT References: <1996May05.185632.8895@kth.se> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996May05.185632.8895@kth.se>, bsato@kth.se (Brian Sato) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- === Fiona Karlsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."