From hrobertson@netcom.com Sat May 27 17:45:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!hrobertson From: hrobertson@netcom.com (Hugo Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 17:45:10 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Hugo Robertson Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "Row 14. No joke." From bmacdonald@utexas.edu Sat May 27 19:18:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!bmacdonald From: bmacdonald@utexas.edu (Bastien MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May27.191810.2883@utexas.edu> Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 19:18:10 GMT References: <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com>, hrobertson@netcom.com (Hugo Robertson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Bastien MacDonald Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun May 28 00:06:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!jbrennan From: jbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Joachim Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May28.000610.1245@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 28 May 1995 00:06:10 GMT References: <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com>, hrobertson@netcom.com (Hugo Robertson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Joachim Brennan "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) / TOS 4.04 From bandersson@berkeley.edu Tue May 30 03:43:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!berkeley!bandersson From: bandersson@berkeley.edu (Bill Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May30.034310.7043@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 03:43:10 GMT References: <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com> <1995May28.000610.1245@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1995May28.000610.1245@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, jbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Joachim Brennan) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Bill Andersson | bandersson@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 7FE9 3831 6804 17D6 "Keep the channels open." From rtakahashi@uni-hamburg.de Tue May 30 05:55:10 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!rtakahashi From: rtakahashi@uni-hamburg.de (Raj Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May30.055510.8388@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 05:55:10 GMT References: <1995May27.174510.1182@netcom.com> <1995May28.000610.1245@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995May28.000610.1245@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, jbrennan@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Joachim Brennan) 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. -- Raj Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------