From msouza@titech.ac.jp Sat Aug 06 02:44:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!titech!msouza From: msouza@titech.ac.jp (Marta Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug06.024450.3077@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 02:44:50 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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? -- === Marta Souza === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From nkang@ox.ac.uk Sat Aug 06 23:55:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!nkang From: nkang@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug06.235550.2750@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 1994 23:55:50 GMT References: <1994Aug06.024450.3077@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Aug06.024450.3077@titech.ac.jp>, msouza@titech.ac.jp (Marta Souza) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Nadia Kang "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From msokolov@earthlink.net Sun Aug 07 14:03:50 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!msokolov From: msokolov@earthlink.net (Mateo Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Aug07.140350.2156@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 14:03:50 GMT References: <1994Aug06.024450.3077@titech.ac.jp> <1994Aug06.235550.2750@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Aug06.235550.2750@ox.ac.uk>, nkang@ox.ac.uk (Nadia Kang) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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. -- Mateo Sokolov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." Acorn RiscPC 600 / AmigaOS 3.1