From mreyes@inria.fr Tue Jun 04 04:38:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!mreyes From: mreyes@inria.fr (Matthias Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1996 04:38:08 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Matthias Reyes -- INRIA Rocquencourt "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From tsouza@inria.fr Wed Jun 05 18:26:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!tsouza From: tsouza@inria.fr (Takeshi Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr> Date: Wed, 05 Jun 1996 18:26:08 GMT References: <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr>, mreyes@inria.fr (Matthias Reyes) 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. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Takeshi Souza | tsouza@inria.fr PGP Key fingerprint: 262B F6E7 9C6A 1A33 "Keep the channels open." From mandersson@earthlink.net Fri Jun 07 09:57:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!earthlink!mandersson From: mandersson@earthlink.net (Matthias Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun07.095708.9679@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jun 1996 09:57:08 GMT References: <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr> <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr>, tsouza@inria.fr (Takeshi 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. 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. -- Matthias Andersson US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 9600 Telebit bps "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." From bnakamura@berkeley.edu Sun Jun 09 08:07:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!berkeley!bnakamura From: bnakamura@berkeley.edu (Bruno Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun09.080708.7072@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 08:07:08 GMT References: <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr> <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr>, tsouza@inria.fr (Takeshi 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. > My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Bruno Nakamura *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From lsokolov@berkeley.edu Sun Jun 09 10:27:08 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!berkeley!lsokolov From: lsokolov@berkeley.edu (Lisa Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jun09.102708.8227@berkeley.edu> Date: Sun, 09 Jun 1996 10:27:08 GMT References: <1996Jun04.043808.5065@inria.fr> <1996Jun05.182608.5668@inria.fr> <1996Jun07.095708.9679@earthlink.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Jun07.095708.9679@earthlink.net>, mandersson@earthlink.net (Matthias Andersson) writes: > 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. 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. -- Lisa Sokolov "Hold for relay." Sun SparcStation 20 / AmigaOS 3.1