From bandersson@cmu.edu Thu May 18 23:39:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!bandersson From: bandersson@cmu.edu (Brian Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.233930.6913@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 23:39:30 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.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? -- Brian Andersson "Do not worship the copy." Decstation 5000/200 / SunOS 4.1.4 From oivanov@uni-hamburg.de Fri May 19 18:39:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!oivanov From: oivanov@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May19.183930.4334@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 18:39:30 GMT References: <1995May18.233930.6913@cmu.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995May18.233930.6913@cmu.edu>, bandersson@cmu.edu (Brian Andersson) writes: > The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Olga Ivanov | oivanov@uni-hamburg.de PGP Key fingerprint: 0B05 A85D 0F64 1572 "Keep the channels open." From brobertson@purdue.edu Sun May 21 21:07:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!purdue!brobertson From: brobertson@purdue.edu (Bill Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May21.210730.7114@purdue.edu> Date: Sun, 21 May 1995 21:07:30 GMT References: <1995May18.233930.6913@cmu.edu> <1995May19.183930.4334@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May19.183930.4334@uni-hamburg.de>, oivanov@uni-hamburg.de (Olga Ivanov) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Bill Robertson | brobertson@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: C733 1FE5 C563 8D91 "Keep the channels open." From landersson@titech.ac.jp Tue May 23 22:23:30 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!titech!landersson From: landersson@titech.ac.jp (Lisa Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May23.222330.4329@titech.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 22:23:30 GMT References: <1995May18.233930.6913@cmu.edu> <1995May19.183930.4334@uni-hamburg.de> <1995May21.210730.7114@purdue.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995May21.210730.7114@purdue.edu>, brobertson@purdue.edu (Bill Robertson) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Lisa Andersson "Hold for relay." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1