From mlee@cern.ch Sun Sep 25 05:57:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!mlee From: mlee@cern.ch (Mike Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 05:57:27 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Mike Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From mlarsson@rwth-aachen.de Tue Sep 27 05:17:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!rwth-aachen!mlarsson From: mlarsson@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep27.051727.5517@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 05:17:27 GMT References: <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch>, mlee@cern.ch (Mike Lee) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- === Mikhail Larsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "Hold for relay." From odubois@purdue.edu Tue Sep 27 23:58:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!purdue!odubois From: odubois@purdue.edu (Olga Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep27.235827.7584@purdue.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 23:58:27 GMT References: <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch>, mlee@cern.ch (Mike Lee) 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. -- Olga Dubois | odubois@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 3553 B013 0E3E F45A "Keep the channels open." From olarsson@unam.mx Wed Sep 28 02:48:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!olarsson From: olarsson@unam.mx (Olga Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep28.024827.8790@unam.mx> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 02:48:27 GMT References: <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch> <1994Sep27.051727.5517@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep27.051727.5517@rwth-aachen.de>, mlarsson@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Larsson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Olga Larsson "A soul is not exclusive to biology." NeXTstation Turbo Color / SunOS 4.1.4 From jsmirnov@demon.co.uk Wed Sep 28 21:38:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!jsmirnov From: jsmirnov@demon.co.uk (Jens Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep28.213827.8593@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 1994 21:38:27 GMT References: <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep25.055727.1483@cern.ch>, mlee@cern.ch (Mike Lee) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- === Jens Smirnov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Demon Internet Services UK "We don't sign stars. We build them."