From mduarte@cmu.edu Tue Jul 23 20:53:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!mduarte From: mduarte@cmu.edu (Mathieu Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 20:53:00 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Mathieu Duarte -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From tkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk Thu Jul 25 02:32:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!tkuznetsov From: tkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Kuznetsov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 02:32:00 GMT References: <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu>, mduarte@cmu.edu (Mathieu Duarte) 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. -- Tyler Kuznetsov "Do not worship the copy." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / SunOS 4.1.4 From nfournier@kiae.su Thu Jul 25 05:50:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!nfournier From: nfournier@kiae.su (Nadine Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul25.055000.1482@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 05:50:00 GMT References: <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu> <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk>, tkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Kuznetsov) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Nadine Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow. ------------------------------------------------------------ From akim@demon.co.uk Fri Jul 26 23:52:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!demon!akim From: akim@demon.co.uk (Astrid Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul26.235200.2641@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 23:52:00 GMT References: <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu> <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk>, tkuznetsov@ox.ac.uk (Tyler Kuznetsov) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- === Astrid Kim === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "Row 14. No joke." From rstewart@delphi.com Sat Jul 27 05:22:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!rstewart From: rstewart@delphi.com (Rodrigo Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul27.052200.6942@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 27 Jul 1996 05:22:00 GMT References: <1996Jul23.205300.4029@cmu.edu> <1996Jul25.023200.8150@ox.ac.uk> <1996Jul25.055000.1482@kiae.su> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul25.055000.1482@kiae.su>, nfournier@kiae.su (Nadine Fournier) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Rodrigo Stewart "We don't sign stars. We build them." Amiga 3000T / AmigaOS 3.1