From gmartinez@cam.ac.uk Tue Nov 22 08:55:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!cam!gmartinez From: gmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Graham Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov22.085552.4511@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 08:55:52 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Graham Martínez -- University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From lkang@stanford.edu Tue Nov 22 10:07:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!lkang From: lkang@stanford.edu (Lars Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov22.100752.9906@stanford.edu> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 1994 10:07:52 GMT References: <1994Nov22.085552.4511@cam.ac.uk> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1994Nov22.085552.4511@cam.ac.uk>, gmartinez@cam.ac.uk (Graham Martínez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Lars Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From aoliveira@cmu.edu Wed Nov 23 23:59:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!aoliveira From: aoliveira@cmu.edu (Anton Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov23.235952.1068@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 23:59:52 GMT References: <1994Nov22.085552.4511@cam.ac.uk> <1994Nov22.100752.9906@stanford.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Nov22.100752.9906@stanford.edu>, lkang@stanford.edu (Lars Kang) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Anton Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From ohughes@illinois.edu Thu Nov 24 16:15:52 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!ohughes From: ohughes@illinois.edu (Olga Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Nov24.161552.7575@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 24 Nov 1994 16:15:52 GMT References: <1994Nov22.085552.4511@cam.ac.uk> <1994Nov22.100752.9906@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Nov22.100752.9906@stanford.edu>, lkang@stanford.edu (Lars Kang) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' > Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Olga Hughes "They will send a copy in my place." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / TOS 4.04