From meriksson@utexas.edu Mon Jun 19 11:11:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!meriksson From: meriksson@utexas.edu (Matthias Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 11:11:22 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Matthias Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Macintosh IIfx - NetBSD 1.0 From hnilsson@cmu.edu Tue Jun 20 12:30:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!hnilsson From: hnilsson@cmu.edu (Hugo Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun20.123022.7762@cmu.edu> Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:30:22 GMT References: <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Matthias Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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). -- Hugo Nilsson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Carnegie Mellon University School of CS. ------------------------------------------------------------ From gweber@demon.co.uk Wed Jun 21 14:56:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!demon!gweber From: gweber@demon.co.uk (Göran Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun21.145622.5372@demon.co.uk> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:56:22 GMT References: <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Matthias Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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. -- Göran Weber | gweber@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 6868 6C2D 9220 E9B1 "Keep the channels open." From msantos@clari.net Thu Jun 22 22:04:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!clari!msantos From: msantos@clari.net (Morag Santos) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun22.220422.3292@clari.net> Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 22:04:22 GMT References: <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Matthias Eriksson) 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.' -- Morag Santos | msantos@clari.net PGP Key fingerprint: 9956 3C55 C114 0F0D "Keep the channels open." From fnakamura@pipeline.com Sat Jun 24 20:31:22 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!fnakamura From: fnakamura@pipeline.com (Fiona Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun24.203122.5800@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 24 Jun 1995 20:31:22 GMT References: <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun19.111122.6461@utexas.edu>, meriksson@utexas.edu (Matthias Eriksson) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Fiona Nakamura -- The Pipeline Internet Network "We don't sign stars. We build them."