From fnovak@unam.mx Fri Mar 15 09:57:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!unam!fnovak From: fnovak@unam.mx (Freya Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar15.095728.8261@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 09:57:28 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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? -- Freya Novak | fnovak@unam.mx PGP Key fingerprint: 2CB5 E46B 6307 A06C "Keep the channels open." From mkang@cern.ch Sat Mar 16 07:39:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!mkang From: mkang@cern.ch (Mei Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar16.073928.3698@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 07:39:28 GMT References: <1996Mar15.095728.8261@unam.mx> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Mar15.095728.8261@unam.mx>, fnovak@unam.mx (Freya Novak) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Mei Kang === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hold for relay." From rnilsson@titech.ac.jp Sun Mar 17 15:32:28 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!titech!rnilsson From: rnilsson@titech.ac.jp (Raj Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar17.153228.6095@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 17 Mar 1996 15:32:28 GMT References: <1996Mar15.095728.8261@unam.mx> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar15.095728.8261@unam.mx>, fnovak@unam.mx (Freya Novak) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Raj Nilsson "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / NEXTSTEP 3.3