From dhernandez@ox.ac.uk Sat May 18 14:42:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!ox!dhernandez From: dhernandez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 14:42:41 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Dmitri Hernández US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From sfischer@panix.com Sun May 19 04:59:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!sfischer From: sfischer@panix.com (Sun-mi Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com> Date: Sun, 19 May 1996 04:59:41 GMT References: <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk>, dhernandez@ox.ac.uk (Dmitri Hernández) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Sun-mi Fischer Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lsanchez@rwth-aachen.de Mon May 20 02:07:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!rwth-aachen!lsanchez From: lsanchez@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May20.020741.3598@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Mon, 20 May 1996 02:07:41 GMT References: <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk> <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com>, sfischer@panix.com (Sun-mi Fischer) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Lisa Sánchez Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From apopov@kth.se Wed May 22 02:22:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!apopov From: apopov@kth.se (Aiko Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May22.022241.5991@kth.se> Date: Wed, 22 May 1996 02:22:41 GMT References: <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk> <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com>, sfischer@panix.com (Sun-mi Fischer) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Aiko Popov "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari TT030 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From scampbell@cern.ch Thu May 23 17:04:41 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cern!scampbell From: scampbell@cern.ch (Seo-yeon Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May23.170441.6777@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 17:04:41 GMT References: <1996May18.144241.9148@ox.ac.uk> <1996May19.045941.9075@panix.com> <1996May22.022241.5991@kth.se> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1996May22.022241.5991@kth.se>, apopov@kth.se (Aiko Popov) writes: > 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. 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. -- Seo-yeon Campbell Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.