From jhernandez@utexas.edu Mon Jan 24 08:42:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!jhernandez From: jhernandez@utexas.edu (Julien Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan24.084233.6478@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 24 Jan 1994 08:42:33 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Julien Hernández | jhernandez@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 9AFC C8FC 778F B835 "Keep the channels open." From mito@netcom.com Tue Jan 25 11:38:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!mito From: mito@netcom.com (Mei Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan25.113833.4970@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 11:38:33 GMT References: <1994Jan24.084233.6478@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Jan24.084233.6478@utexas.edu>, jhernandez@utexas.edu (Julien Hernández) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mei Ito | mito@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 3468 8FFF 8C43 3C51 "Keep the channels open." From mandersson@illinois.edu Thu Jan 27 09:56:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!mandersson From: mandersson@illinois.edu (Marta Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan27.095633.6352@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 1994 09:56:33 GMT References: <1994Jan24.084233.6478@utexas.edu> <1994Jan25.113833.4970@netcom.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan25.113833.4970@netcom.com>, mito@netcom.com (Mei Ito) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Marta Andersson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From breyes@utexas.edu Sat Jan 29 04:18:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!utexas!breyes From: breyes@utexas.edu (Brian Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan29.041833.4133@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 1994 04:18:33 GMT References: <1994Jan24.084233.6478@utexas.edu> <1994Jan25.113833.4970@netcom.com> <1994Jan27.095633.6352@illinois.edu> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jan27.095633.6352@illinois.edu>, mandersson@illinois.edu (Marta Andersson) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Brian Reyes -- University of Texas at Austin "Row 14. No joke."