From cnilsson@stanford.edu Wed Jul 17 04:20:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!cnilsson From: cnilsson@stanford.edu (Camila Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul17.042017.9427@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 04:20:17 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Camila Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Hold for relay." From ssokolov@tum.de Thu Jul 18 03:30:17 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!tum!ssokolov From: ssokolov@tum.de (Steve Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul18.033017.2233@tum.de> Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 03:30:17 GMT References: <1996Jul17.042017.9427@stanford.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Jul17.042017.9427@stanford.edu>, cnilsson@stanford.edu (Camila Nilsson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Steve Sokolov Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology."