From lpark@clari.net Fri Jan 27 14:08:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!clari!lpark From: lpark@clari.net (Lucia Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 14:08:23 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Lucia Park *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From mchoi@clari.net Sat Jan 28 17:29:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!clari!mchoi From: mchoi@clari.net (Mei Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan28.172923.7315@clari.net> Date: Sat, 28 Jan 1995 17:29:23 GMT References: <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net>, lpark@clari.net (Lucia Park) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Mei Choi *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From tkim@pacbell.net Sun Jan 29 17:31:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!pacbell!tkim From: tkim@pacbell.net (Tobias Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan29.173123.2809@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 17:31:23 GMT References: <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net>, lpark@clari.net (Lucia Park) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Tobias Kim Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dnilsson@kth.se Tue Jan 31 06:32:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!dnilsson From: dnilsson@kth.se (Dong-hyun Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan31.063223.2347@kth.se> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 06:32:23 GMT References: <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net> <1995Jan28.172923.7315@clari.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan28.172923.7315@clari.net>, mchoi@clari.net (Mei Choi) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Dong-hyun Nilsson | dnilsson@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: 788A 9943 580F 73CD "Keep the channels open." From jsmirnov@mit.edu Wed Feb 01 04:17:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@mit.edu (Jens Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb01.041723.9953@mit.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 04:17:23 GMT References: <1995Jan27.140823.4732@clari.net> <1995Jan28.172923.7315@clari.net> <1995Jan31.063223.2347@kth.se> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan31.063223.2347@kth.se>, dnilsson@kth.se (Dong-hyun Nilsson) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jens Smirnov | jsmirnov@mit.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 429A ECC5 CEBE 1048 "Keep the channels open."