From ksouza@utexas.edu Thu Nov 02 22:55:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!utexas!ksouza From: ksouza@utexas.edu (Karen Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 1995 22:55:07 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Karen Souza -- University of Texas at Austin "Hold for relay." From jrobertson@uni-hamburg.de Fri Nov 03 14:36:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!uni-hamburg!jrobertson From: jrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Joachim Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov03.143607.5098@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 14:36:07 GMT References: <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu>, ksouza@utexas.edu (Karen Souza) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Joachim Robertson -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From mnilsson@netcom.com Sat Nov 04 00:16:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!mnilsson From: mnilsson@netcom.com (Min-jun Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov04.001607.4669@netcom.com> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 00:16:07 GMT References: <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu>, ksouza@utexas.edu (Karen Souza) 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. 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- Min-jun Nilsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) - NetBSD 1.0 From ikim@cam.ac.uk Sat Nov 04 14:32:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cam!ikim From: ikim@cam.ac.uk (Ines Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov04.143207.5480@cam.ac.uk> Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 14:32:07 GMT References: <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov02.225507.3393@utexas.edu>, ksouza@utexas.edu (Karen Souza) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Ines Kim *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0