From kschneider@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 18 14:14:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!rwth-aachen!kschneider From: kschneider@rwth-aachen.de (Kenji Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct18.141449.4084@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 1994 14:14:49 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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? -- Kenji Schneider Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Marcus is not one man." From ttakahashi@uni-hamburg.de Thu Oct 20 12:07:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uni-hamburg!ttakahashi From: ttakahashi@uni-hamburg.de (Tomas Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct20.120749.4810@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Thu, 20 Oct 1994 12:07:49 GMT References: <1994Oct18.141449.4084@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct18.141449.4084@rwth-aachen.de>, kschneider@rwth-aachen.de (Kenji Schneider) 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. -- Tomas Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rjohansson@stanford.edu Sat Oct 22 01:53:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!rjohansson From: rjohansson@stanford.edu (Raj Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct22.015349.1813@stanford.edu> Date: Sat, 22 Oct 1994 01:53:49 GMT References: <1994Oct18.141449.4084@rwth-aachen.de> <1994Oct20.120749.4810@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1994Oct20.120749.4810@uni-hamburg.de>, ttakahashi@uni-hamburg.de (Tomas Takahashi) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Raj Johansson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.