From jivanov@unam.mx Fri Jan 27 18:45:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!unam!jivanov From: jivanov@unam.mx (Jens Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 18:45:00 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Jens Ivanov "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Macintosh IIfx / System 7.5.1 From dfournier@netcom.com Fri Jan 27 21:20:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!netcom!dfournier From: dfournier@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan27.212000.1154@netcom.com> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 21:20:00 GMT References: <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx>, jivanov@unam.mx (Jens Ivanov) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Dong-hyun Fournier Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of NETCOM On-Line Communication Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From jmoreno@kiae.su Sun Jan 29 19:05:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!kiae!jmoreno From: jmoreno@kiae.su (Jens Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan29.190500.2471@kiae.su> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 19:05:00 GMT References: <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx>, jivanov@unam.mx (Jens Ivanov) 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.' -- Jens Moreno | jmoreno@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: 7329 40DE AECB 7714 "Keep the channels open." From fstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Jan 31 13:06:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!u-tokyo!fstewart From: fstewart@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Freya Stewart) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan31.130600.2043@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 13:06:00 GMT References: <1995Jan27.184500.8039@unam.mx> <1995Jan27.212000.1154@netcom.com> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan27.212000.1154@netcom.com>, dfournier@netcom.com (Dong-hyun Fournier) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Freya Stewart "A soul is not exclusive to biology." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / NEXTSTEP 3.3