From cramirez@hanse.de Tue Aug 23 08:15:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!hanse!cramirez From: cramirez@hanse.de (Callum Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 08:15:21 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Callum Ramírez "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Sun SparcStation 20 / TOS 4.04 From mkim@pipeline.com Tue Aug 23 17:46:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!mkim From: mkim@pipeline.com (Morag Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug23.174621.3625@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 17:46:21 GMT References: <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de>, cramirez@hanse.de (Callum Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. -- Morag Kim -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Row 14. No joke." From dwatanabe@cmu.edu Tue Aug 23 22:02:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!dwatanabe From: dwatanabe@cmu.edu (Dave Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug23.220221.5626@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 23 Aug 1994 22:02:21 GMT References: <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de>, cramirez@hanse.de (Callum Ramírez) 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. -- Dave Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jnovak@cam.ac.uk Wed Aug 24 03:40:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!jnovak From: jnovak@cam.ac.uk (Jen Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug24.034021.2469@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 03:40:21 GMT References: <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de>, cramirez@hanse.de (Callum Ramírez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Jen Novak | jnovak@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: C49B 234C 5674 457B "Keep the channels open." From lsuzuki@cmu.edu Thu Aug 25 14:25:21 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@cmu.edu (Lisa Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug25.142521.1739@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 25 Aug 1994 14:25:21 GMT References: <1994Aug23.081521.3434@hanse.de> <1994Aug24.034021.2469@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug24.034021.2469@cam.ac.uk>, jnovak@cam.ac.uk (Jen Novak) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- === Lisa Suzuki === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."