From plaurent@ox.ac.uk Wed May 03 20:44:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!ox!plaurent From: plaurent@ox.ac.uk (Pavel Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May03.204401.8893@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 20:44:01 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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? -- Pavel Laurent | plaurent@ox.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 0EC0 6646 EC9B 89D3 "Keep the channels open." From gkowalski@earthlink.net Thu May 04 15:29:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!gkowalski From: gkowalski@earthlink.net (Graham Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May04.152901.9027@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 15:29:01 GMT References: <1995May03.204401.8893@ox.ac.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May03.204401.8893@ox.ac.uk>, plaurent@ox.ac.uk (Pavel Laurent) 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. -- Graham Kowalski "A soul is not exclusive to biology." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / SunOS 4.1.4 From mnovak@illinois.edu Fri May 05 01:02:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!illinois!mnovak From: mnovak@illinois.edu (Mikhail Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May05.010201.6679@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 01:02:01 GMT References: <1995May03.204401.8893@ox.ac.uk> <1995May04.152901.9027@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May04.152901.9027@earthlink.net>, gkowalski@earthlink.net (Graham Kowalski) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- === Mikhail Novak === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From asokolov@kth.se Fri May 05 20:35:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!asokolov From: asokolov@kth.se (Amy Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May05.203501.2946@kth.se> Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 20:35:01 GMT References: <1995May03.204401.8893@ox.ac.uk> <1995May04.152901.9027@earthlink.net> <1995May05.010201.6679@illinois.edu> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995May05.010201.6679@illinois.edu>, mnovak@illinois.edu (Mikhail Novak) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Amy Sokolov Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."