From csmirnov@inria.fr Sat Jan 22 17:07:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!csmirnov From: csmirnov@inria.fr (Camila Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 17:07:40 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 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? -- Camila Smirnov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tsuzuki@mit.edu Sat Jan 22 21:06:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mit!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@mit.edu (Tobias Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan22.210640.2999@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 1994 21:06:40 GMT References: <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr>, csmirnov@inria.fr (Camila Smirnov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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. -- Tobias Suzuki Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From tramirez@hanse.de Sun Jan 23 04:11:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!tramirez From: tramirez@hanse.de (Tobias Ramírez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan23.041140.4495@hanse.de> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 04:11:40 GMT References: <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr>, csmirnov@inria.fr (Camila Smirnov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Tobias Ramírez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Decstation 5000/200 - NetBSD 1.0 From dpopov@delphi.com Sun Jan 23 06:02:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!delphi!dpopov From: dpopov@delphi.com (Dave Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan23.060240.8298@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 23 Jan 1994 06:02:40 GMT References: <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr>, csmirnov@inria.fr (Camila Smirnov) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Dave Popov Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From jtakahashi@pipeline.com Tue Jan 25 00:31:40 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pipeline!jtakahashi From: jtakahashi@pipeline.com (Julien Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan25.003140.9364@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 1994 00:31:40 GMT References: <1994Jan22.170740.1401@inria.fr> <1994Jan22.210640.2999@mit.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan22.210640.2999@mit.edu>, tsuzuki@mit.edu (Tobias Suzuki) writes: > 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Julien Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------