From vrobertson@mit.edu Mon Jan 03 08:04:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!mit!vrobertson From: vrobertson@mit.edu (Valeria Robertson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan03.080456.3671@mit.edu> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 1994 08:04:56 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- === Valeria Robertson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From lsato@uu.net Mon Jan 03 16:50:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!uu!lsato From: lsato@uu.net (Lars Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan03.165056.1488@uu.net> Date: Mon, 03 Jan 1994 16:50:56 GMT References: <1994Jan03.080456.3671@mit.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1994Jan03.080456.3671@mit.edu>, vrobertson@mit.edu (Valeria Robertson) 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Lars Sato -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From elopez@mit.edu Tue Jan 04 06:32:56 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!mit!elopez From: elopez@mit.edu (Élodie López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Jan04.063256.8064@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 1994 06:32:56 GMT References: <1994Jan03.080456.3671@mit.edu> <1994Jan03.165056.1488@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Jan03.165056.1488@uu.net>, lsato@uu.net (Lars Sato) 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. -- Élodie López Zyxel U-1496E @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy."