From mjohansson@kth.se Mon Feb 20 21:41:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!kth!mjohansson From: mjohansson@kth.se (Mathieu Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb20.214124.8418@kth.se> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 21:41:24 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Mathieu Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From tdubois@cam.ac.uk Wed Feb 22 21:33:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!cam!tdubois From: tdubois@cam.ac.uk (Tobias Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb22.213324.8277@cam.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 21:33:24 GMT References: <1995Feb20.214124.8418@kth.se> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Feb20.214124.8418@kth.se>, mjohansson@kth.se (Mathieu Johansson) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Tobias Dubois | tdubois@cam.ac.uk PGP Key fingerprint: EAB8 53B4 17E7 29E8 "Keep the channels open." From probertson@rwth-aachen.de Fri Feb 24 21:54:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!rwth-aachen!probertson From: probertson@rwth-aachen.de (Pavel Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb24.215424.4327@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 21:54:24 GMT References: <1995Feb20.214124.8418@kth.se> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb20.214124.8418@kth.se>, mjohansson@kth.se (Mathieu Johansson) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Pavel Robertson | probertson@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: E570 1EFE 9AB1 8178 "Keep the channels open."