From mrodriguez@utexas.edu Mon Aug 28 08:43:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!utexas!mrodriguez From: mrodriguez@utexas.edu (Marta Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 08:43:21 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Marta Rodríguez US Robotics Courier V.34 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hold for relay." From jlopez@cern.ch Mon Aug 28 17:43:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cern!jlopez From: jlopez@cern.ch (Joachim López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug28.174321.2093@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 1995 17:43:21 GMT References: <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu>, mrodriguez@utexas.edu (Marta Rodríguez) writes: > Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988. 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. -- Joachim López "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From mgonzalez@tum.de Tue Aug 29 05:36:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!tum!mgonzalez From: mgonzalez@tum.de (Marisol González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug29.053621.6375@tum.de> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 1995 05:36:21 GMT References: <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu>, mrodriguez@utexas.edu (Marta Rodríguez) 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. -- === Marisol González === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mtakahashi@utexas.edu Wed Aug 30 06:18:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!utexas!mtakahashi From: mtakahashi@utexas.edu (Marta Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug30.061821.6970@utexas.edu> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 1995 06:18:21 GMT References: <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu> <1995Aug28.174321.2093@cern.ch> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug28.174321.2093@cern.ch>, jlopez@cern.ch (Joachim López) 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.' -- Marta Takahashi "A soul is not exclusive to biology." Atari Falcon 030 / Linux 1.2.13 From jgarcia@tum.de Thu Aug 31 17:05:21 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!jgarcia From: jgarcia@tum.de (Ji-woo García) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug31.170521.9620@tum.de> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 17:05:21 GMT References: <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Aug28.084321.7611@utexas.edu>, mrodriguez@utexas.edu (Marta Rodríguez) 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. -- Ji-woo García Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 14,400 bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."