From nwatanabe@kiae.su Mon Apr 10 13:13:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kiae!nwatanabe From: nwatanabe@kiae.su (Nadia Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:13:07 GMT Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Nadia Watanabe *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From lhernandez@panix.com Mon Apr 10 17:19:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!panix!lhernandez From: lhernandez@panix.com (Lars Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr10.171907.1064@panix.com> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:19:07 GMT References: <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su>, nwatanabe@kiae.su (Nadia Watanabe) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Lars Hernández | lhernandez@panix.com PGP Key fingerprint: 0F20 9D2C 7B5E A1BC "Keep the channels open." From hkang@inria.fr Wed Apr 12 06:59:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!inria!hkang From: hkang@inria.fr (Hana Kang) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr12.065907.3750@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 06:59:07 GMT References: <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su> <1995Apr10.171907.1064@panix.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr10.171907.1064@panix.com>, lhernandez@panix.com (Lars Hernández) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Hana Kang *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari TT030 - NetBSD 1.0 From roliveira@clari.net Fri Apr 14 01:43:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!roliveira From: roliveira@clari.net (Rodrigo Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr14.014307.9277@clari.net> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 01:43:07 GMT References: <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su> <1995Apr10.171907.1064@panix.com> <1995Apr12.065907.3750@inria.fr> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Apr12.065907.3750@inria.fr>, hkang@inria.fr (Hana Kang) 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. -- Rodrigo Oliveira -- ClariNet Communications Corp "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From snovak@clari.net Fri Apr 14 12:49:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!clari!snovak From: snovak@clari.net (Sergei Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr14.124907.9353@clari.net> Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 12:49:07 GMT References: <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Apr10.131307.8309@kiae.su>, nwatanabe@kiae.su (Nadia Watanabe) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Sergei Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0