From tsuzuki@stanford.edu Thu Sep 15 21:02:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!stanford!tsuzuki From: tsuzuki@stanford.edu (Tobias Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1994 21:02:27 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. 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? -- Tobias Suzuki | tsuzuki@stanford.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 11B2 C568 9479 4545 "Keep the channels open." From mkowalski@demon.co.uk Fri Sep 16 16:43:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!demon!mkowalski From: mkowalski@demon.co.uk (Morag Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep16.164327.4493@demon.co.uk> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 16:43:27 GMT References: <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu>, tsuzuki@stanford.edu (Tobias Suzuki) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Morag Kowalski | mkowalski@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: A64D 0093 58F0 C820 "Keep the channels open." From nmacdonald@earthlink.net Sat Sep 17 22:23:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!nmacdonald From: nmacdonald@earthlink.net (Nadine MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep17.222327.1966@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 22:23:27 GMT References: <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu> <1994Sep16.164327.4493@demon.co.uk> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep16.164327.4493@demon.co.uk>, mkowalski@demon.co.uk (Morag Kowalski) 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. -- Nadine MacDonald *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From blee@cam.ac.uk Sun Sep 18 22:32:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!blee From: blee@cam.ac.uk (Bill Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep18.223227.8942@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 22:32:27 GMT References: <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu>, tsuzuki@stanford.edu (Tobias Suzuki) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Bill Lee *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From nweber@cam.ac.uk Mon Sep 19 12:49:27 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!cam!nweber From: nweber@cam.ac.uk (Natalia Weber) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep19.124927.3926@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 12:49:27 GMT References: <1994Sep15.210227.5858@stanford.edu> <1994Sep16.164327.4493@demon.co.uk> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Sep16.164327.4493@demon.co.uk>, mkowalski@demon.co.uk (Morag Kowalski) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Natalia Weber | nweber@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: 7CC4 62E5 28F5 C2CE "Keep the channels open."