From slarsson@kiae.su Fri Jul 22 02:49:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!slarsson From: slarsson@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul22.024957.9847@kiae.su> Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 02:49:57 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Seo-yeon Larsson "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Decstation 5000/200 / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From bmuller@cmu.edu Sat Jul 23 01:47:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!bmuller From: bmuller@cmu.edu (Bruno Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul23.014757.4685@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 01:47:57 GMT References: <1994Jul22.024957.9847@kiae.su> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Jul22.024957.9847@kiae.su>, slarsson@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Larsson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Bruno Müller -- Carnegie Mellon University School of CS "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From tschneider@cern.ch Sat Jul 23 22:52:57 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!tschneider From: tschneider@cern.ch (Takeshi Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jul23.225257.4826@cern.ch> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 1994 22:52:57 GMT References: <1994Jul22.024957.9847@kiae.su> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Jul22.024957.9847@kiae.su>, slarsson@kiae.su (Seo-yeon Larsson) 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. 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. -- Takeshi Schneider -- European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Do not worship the copy."