From tsouza@hanse.de Tue Nov 08 17:58:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!hanse!tsouza From: tsouza@hanse.de (Takeshi Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov08.175841.5133@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 17:58:41 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Takeshi Souza Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From lnovak@panix.com Tue Nov 08 19:47:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!lnovak From: lnovak@panix.com (Liam Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov08.194741.5943@panix.com> Date: Tue, 08 Nov 1994 19:47:41 GMT References: <1994Nov08.175841.5133@hanse.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov08.175841.5133@hanse.de>, tsouza@hanse.de (Takeshi Souza) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Liam Novak Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From vkarlsson@panix.com Wed Nov 09 07:05:41 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!panix!vkarlsson From: vkarlsson@panix.com (Valeria Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov09.070541.6184@panix.com> Date: Wed, 09 Nov 1994 07:05:41 GMT References: <1994Nov08.175841.5133@hanse.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov08.175841.5133@hanse.de>, tsouza@hanse.de (Takeshi Souza) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Valeria Karlsson "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Mac IIci / 68882 FPU / SunOS 4.1.4