From seriksson@titech.ac.jp Wed Sep 25 07:34:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!titech!seriksson From: seriksson@titech.ac.jp (Steve Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep25.073450.1745@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 07:34:50 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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 Eriksson -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From jwatanabe@mindspring.com Thu Sep 26 11:52:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!jwatanabe From: jwatanabe@mindspring.com (Joachim Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep26.115250.8835@mindspring.com> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 11:52:50 GMT References: <1996Sep25.073450.1745@titech.ac.jp> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep25.073450.1745@titech.ac.jp>, seriksson@titech.ac.jp (Steve Eriksson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Joachim Watanabe Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mmartinez@hanse.de Thu Sep 26 17:24:50 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!mmartinez From: mmartinez@hanse.de (Mei Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Sep26.172450.2604@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 17:24:50 GMT References: <1996Sep25.073450.1745@titech.ac.jp> <1996Sep26.115250.8835@mindspring.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Sep26.115250.8835@mindspring.com>, jwatanabe@mindspring.com (Joachim Watanabe) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Mei Martínez === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."