From ycampbell@uu.net Tue Aug 08 22:04:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uu!ycampbell From: ycampbell@uu.net (Yuki Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug08.220454.3542@uu.net> Date: Tue, 08 Aug 1995 22:04:54 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Yuki Campbell "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From fsmirnov@panix.com Wed Aug 09 14:37:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!panix!fsmirnov From: fsmirnov@panix.com (Fiona Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug09.143754.8162@panix.com> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 14:37:54 GMT References: <1995Aug08.220454.3542@uu.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug08.220454.3542@uu.net>, ycampbell@uu.net (Yuki Campbell) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Fiona Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From aschneider@earthlink.net Wed Aug 09 21:12:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!aschneider From: aschneider@earthlink.net (Anton Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug09.211254.2944@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 09 Aug 1995 21:12:54 GMT References: <1995Aug08.220454.3542@uu.net> <1995Aug09.143754.8162@panix.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug09.143754.8162@panix.com>, fsmirnov@panix.com (Fiona Smirnov) 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 contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Anton Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------