From fkowalski@demon.co.uk Thu Sep 07 00:07:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!demon!fkowalski From: fkowalski@demon.co.uk (Fiona Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 00:07:19 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Fiona Kowalski *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) - NetBSD 1.0 From tgirard@delphi.com Thu Sep 07 15:49:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!delphi!tgirard From: tgirard@delphi.com (Tomas Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep07.154919.7145@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 15:49:19 GMT References: <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk>, fkowalski@demon.co.uk (Fiona Kowalski) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Tomas Girard Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 19,200 bps "Row 14. No joke." From estewart@delphi.com Sat Sep 09 17:47:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!estewart From: estewart@delphi.com (Élodie Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep09.174719.9030@delphi.com> Date: Sat, 09 Sep 1995 17:47:19 GMT References: <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep07.154919.7145@delphi.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep07.154919.7145@delphi.com>, tgirard@delphi.com (Tomas Girard) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Élodie Stewart Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Delphi Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From dpark@cern.ch Sun Sep 10 22:32:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cern!dpark From: dpark@cern.ch (Diego Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep10.223219.8119@cern.ch> Date: Sun, 10 Sep 1995 22:32:19 GMT References: <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep07.154919.7145@delphi.com> <1995Sep09.174719.9030@delphi.com> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep09.174719.9030@delphi.com>, estewart@delphi.com (Élodie Stewart) 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.' -- Diego Park Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From ahernandez@berkeley.edu Tue Sep 12 07:02:19 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!berkeley!ahernandez From: ahernandez@berkeley.edu (Andrei Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep12.070219.9300@berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 1995 07:02:19 GMT References: <1995Sep07.000719.5861@demon.co.uk> <1995Sep07.154919.7145@delphi.com> <1995Sep09.174719.9030@delphi.com> <1995Sep10.223219.8119@cern.ch> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep10.223219.8119@cern.ch>, dpark@cern.ch (Diego Park) 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.' -- Andrei Hernández Tape trading list upon request. 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