From tgirard@stanford.edu Wed Dec 20 02:16:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!tgirard From: tgirard@stanford.edu (Tyler Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 02:16:13 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu 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. 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? -- Tyler Girard Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From seriksson@kiae.su Wed Dec 20 19:14:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!seriksson From: seriksson@kiae.su (Sun-mi Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 19:14:13 GMT References: <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu>, tgirard@stanford.edu (Tyler Girard) 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. -- Sun-mi Eriksson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 28,800 bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From vsuzuki@pipeline.com Fri Dec 22 04:17:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!vsuzuki From: vsuzuki@pipeline.com (Valeria Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec22.041713.3484@pipeline.com> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 04:17:13 GMT References: <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu> <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su>, seriksson@kiae.su (Sun-mi Eriksson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Valeria Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of The Pipeline Internet Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tfournier@kth.se Sun Dec 24 00:43:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!tfournier From: tfournier@kth.se (Tomas Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec24.004313.6176@kth.se> Date: Sun, 24 Dec 1995 00:43:13 GMT References: <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu> <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su>, seriksson@kiae.su (Sun-mi Eriksson) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Tomas Fournier | tfournier@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: D2C5 48DC 1931 6DF1 "Keep the channels open." From dnovak@illinois.edu Mon Dec 25 03:24:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!dnovak From: dnovak@illinois.edu (Dmitri Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec25.032413.8909@illinois.edu> Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 03:24:13 GMT References: <1995Dec20.021613.5663@stanford.edu> <1995Dec20.191413.1315@kiae.su> <1995Dec24.004313.6176@kth.se> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec24.004313.6176@kth.se>, tfournier@kth.se (Tomas Fournier) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Dmitri Novak *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun SparcStation 20 - NetBSD 1.0