From sgonzalez@earthlink.net Sun Apr 09 16:58:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!sgonzalez From: sgonzalez@earthlink.net (Sergei González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 16:58:44 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net 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? -- Sergei González "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From dhughes@kth.se Tue Apr 11 01:08:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!kth!dhughes From: dhughes@kth.se (Dmitri Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 01:08:44 GMT References: <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net>, sgonzalez@earthlink.net (Sergei González) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Dmitri Hughes *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From mnilsson@clari.net Tue Apr 11 02:04:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!mnilsson From: mnilsson@clari.net (Mathieu Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr11.020444.3076@clari.net> Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 02:04:44 GMT References: <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net> <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se>, dhughes@kth.se (Dmitri Hughes) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Mathieu Nilsson -- ClariNet Communications Corp "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From jfischer@unam.mx Thu Apr 13 00:11:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!jfischer From: jfischer@unam.mx (Joachim Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.001144.4905@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 00:11:44 GMT References: <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net> <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se> <1995Apr11.020444.3076@clari.net> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Apr11.020444.3076@clari.net>, mnilsson@clari.net (Mathieu Nilsson) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- === Joachim Fischer === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From oreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Apr 13 02:26:44 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!oreyes From: oreyes@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Olga Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr13.022644.7928@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 02:26:44 GMT References: <1995Apr09.165844.3762@earthlink.net> <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr11.010844.4428@kth.se>, dhughes@kth.se (Dmitri Hughes) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Olga Reyes Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."