From rbrennan@mit.edu Fri Feb 09 21:19:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!rbrennan From: rbrennan@mit.edu (Rodrigo Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Feb09.211922.3082@mit.edu> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 21:19:22 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Rodrigo Brennan -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From divanov@netcom.com Sun Feb 11 06:16:22 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!divanov From: divanov@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Feb11.061622.1293@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 06:16:22 GMT References: <1996Feb09.211922.3082@mit.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1996Feb09.211922.3082@mit.edu>, rbrennan@mit.edu (Rodrigo Brennan) 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. -- Dong-hyun Ivanov Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."