From gkarlsson@berkeley.edu Thu Mar 10 21:33:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!gkarlsson From: gkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Göran Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar10.213325.3674@berkeley.edu> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 21:33:25 GMT Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Göran Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From gokonkwo@berkeley.edu Fri Mar 11 21:34:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!berkeley!gokonkwo From: gokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Graham Okonkwo) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar11.213425.6722@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 21:34:25 GMT References: <1994Mar10.213325.3674@berkeley.edu> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar10.213325.3674@berkeley.edu>, gkarlsson@berkeley.edu (Göran Karlsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Graham Okonkwo Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From flee@kth.se Sun Mar 13 04:54:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!kth!flee From: flee@kth.se (Freya Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar13.045425.8298@kth.se> Date: Sun, 13 Mar 1994 04:54:25 GMT References: <1994Mar10.213325.3674@berkeley.edu> <1994Mar11.213425.6722@berkeley.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Mar11.213425.6722@berkeley.edu>, gokonkwo@berkeley.edu (Graham Okonkwo) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Freya Lee "Hold for relay." Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) / AmigaOS 3.1 From ndubois@clari.net Mon Mar 14 16:11:25 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!ndubois From: ndubois@clari.net (Nadine Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Mar14.161125.4196@clari.net> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 1994 16:11:25 GMT References: <1994Mar10.213325.3674@berkeley.edu> <1994Mar11.213425.6722@berkeley.edu> <1994Mar13.045425.8298@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Mar13.045425.8298@kth.se>, flee@kth.se (Freya Lee) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Nadine Dubois Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.