From dwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de Tue May 14 02:17:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uni-hamburg!dwatanabe From: dwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Diego Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 02:17:38 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Diego Watanabe -- Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik "Row 14. No joke." From bschneider@utexas.edu Tue May 14 14:52:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!utexas!bschneider From: bschneider@utexas.edu (Brian Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May14.145238.2007@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 14:52:38 GMT References: <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de>, dwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Diego Watanabe) 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. -- Brian Schneider Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From hvasiliev@unam.mx Thu May 16 01:02:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!hvasiliev From: hvasiliev@unam.mx (Hana Vasiliev) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May16.010238.3768@unam.mx> Date: Thu, 16 May 1996 01:02:38 GMT References: <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de>, dwatanabe@uni-hamburg.de (Diego Watanabe) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Hana Vasiliev US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Do not worship the copy." From ydubois@pacbell.net Fri May 17 16:15:38 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!ydubois From: ydubois@pacbell.net (Yuki Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996May17.161538.4874@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 16:15:38 GMT References: <1996May14.021738.8070@uni-hamburg.de> <1996May14.145238.2007@utexas.edu> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1996May14.145238.2007@utexas.edu>, bschneider@utexas.edu (Brian Schneider) 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Yuki Dubois "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) / FreeBSD 2.1