From jsouza@mit.edu Thu Mar 07 06:26:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!jsouza From: jsouza@mit.edu (Jen Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu> Date: Thu, 07 Mar 1996 06:26:59 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Jen Souza -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mhernandez@rwth-aachen.de Fri Mar 08 01:11:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!mhernandez From: mhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 01:11:59 GMT References: <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu>, jsouza@mit.edu (Jen Souza) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Mathieu Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0 From fsanchez@stanford.edu Fri Mar 08 17:17:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!fsanchez From: fsanchez@stanford.edu (Fiona Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar08.171759.5652@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 08 Mar 1996 17:17:59 GMT References: <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu> <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de>, mhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Hernández) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Fiona Sánchez -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From fsantos@mit.edu Sat Mar 09 21:33:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!fsantos From: fsantos@mit.edu (Fiona Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar09.213359.4881@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 21:33:59 GMT References: <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu> <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de> <1996Mar08.171759.5652@stanford.edu> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar08.171759.5652@stanford.edu>, fsanchez@stanford.edu (Fiona Sánchez) writes: > 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. 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. -- === Fiona Santos === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mfournier@kth.se Mon Mar 11 08:22:59 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!mfournier From: mfournier@kth.se (Mei Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar11.082259.7039@kth.se> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 08:22:59 GMT References: <1996Mar07.062659.9043@mit.edu> <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar08.011159.6203@rwth-aachen.de>, mhernandez@rwth-aachen.de (Mathieu Hernández) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). 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. -- Mei Fournier US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens."