From llarsson@pipeline.com Thu Jul 11 01:00:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pipeline!llarsson From: llarsson@pipeline.com (Lars Larsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul11.010049.3609@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jul 1996 01:00:49 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Lars Larsson -- The Pipeline Internet Network "Do not worship the copy." From bfischer@ox.ac.uk Sat Jul 13 00:49:49 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!bfischer From: bfischer@ox.ac.uk (Bastien Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul13.004949.7507@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:49:49 GMT References: <1996Jul11.010049.3609@pipeline.com> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996Jul11.010049.3609@pipeline.com>, llarsson@pipeline.com (Lars Larsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. 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. -- Bastien Fischer Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."