From preyes@cern.ch Wed Jul 26 10:25:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!preyes From: preyes@cern.ch (Pavel Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch> Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 10:25:08 GMT Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Pavel Reyes Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ ISDN 64k bps "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From jito@pipeline.com Fri Jul 28 14:07:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!jito From: jito@pipeline.com (Julien Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul28.140708.6881@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 14:07:08 GMT References: <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch>, preyes@cern.ch (Pavel Reyes) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Julien Ito Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From emacdonald@pacbell.net Sun Jul 30 05:47:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!emacdonald From: emacdonald@pacbell.net (Elaine MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul30.054708.7166@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 05:47:08 GMT References: <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch> <1995Jul28.140708.6881@pipeline.com> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul28.140708.6881@pipeline.com>, jito@pipeline.com (Julien Ito) 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. -- Elaine MacDonald Hayes Optima 288 @ 28,800 bps "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." From nlee@kiae.su Sun Jul 30 19:51:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!nlee From: nlee@kiae.su (Natalia Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul30.195108.9698@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 1995 19:51:08 GMT References: <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch> <1995Jul28.140708.6881@pipeline.com> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul28.140708.6881@pipeline.com>, jito@pipeline.com (Julien Ito) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. 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. -- Natalia Lee -- Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow "Row 14. No joke." From shernandez@mindspring.com Tue Aug 01 22:00:08 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!shernandez From: shernandez@mindspring.com (Sven Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug01.220008.6441@mindspring.com> Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 22:00:08 GMT References: <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul26.102508.4969@cern.ch>, preyes@cern.ch (Pavel Reyes) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Sven Hernández Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.