From mmartinez@pacbell.net Fri Aug 16 03:52:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!mmartinez From: mmartinez@pacbell.net (Min-jun Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug16.035200.1758@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 03:52:00 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Min-jun Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From psouza@hanse.de Sat Aug 17 07:20:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!psouza From: psouza@hanse.de (Pavel Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug17.072000.5548@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 07:20:00 GMT References: <1996Aug16.035200.1758@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug16.035200.1758@pacbell.net>, mmartinez@pacbell.net (Min-jun Martínez) 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. -- Pavel Souza | psouza@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: E07E 554A 9501 C599 "Keep the channels open." From ksilva@titech.ac.jp Sat Aug 17 17:35:00 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!ksilva From: ksilva@titech.ac.jp (Karen Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug17.173500.1634@titech.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 17:35:00 GMT References: <1996Aug16.035200.1758@pacbell.net> <1996Aug17.072000.5548@hanse.de> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Aug17.072000.5548@hanse.de>, psouza@hanse.de (Pavel Souza) 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.' -- Karen Silva SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."