From mchoi@purdue.edu Mon Oct 16 22:57:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!purdue!mchoi From: mchoi@purdue.edu (Morag Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct16.225710.5027@purdue.edu> Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 22:57:10 GMT Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Morag Choi US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From msilva@kiae.su Thu Oct 19 00:17:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kiae!msilva From: msilva@kiae.su (Min-jun Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct19.001710.9304@kiae.su> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 00:17:10 GMT References: <1995Oct16.225710.5027@purdue.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct16.225710.5027@purdue.edu>, mchoi@purdue.edu (Morag Choi) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Min-jun Silva Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" From jsouza@pacbell.net Thu Oct 19 16:29:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!jsouza From: jsouza@pacbell.net (Julien Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct19.162910.3109@pacbell.net> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1995 16:29:10 GMT References: <1995Oct16.225710.5027@purdue.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Oct16.225710.5027@purdue.edu>, mchoi@purdue.edu (Morag Choi) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Julien Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0