From jnilsson@clari.net Wed Feb 22 15:47:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!clari!jnilsson From: jnilsson@clari.net (Jen Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb22.154715.2798@clari.net> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 15:47:15 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Jen Nilsson Hayes Optima 288 @ 33,600 bps "Marcus is not one man." From ykowalski@cmu.edu Thu Feb 23 14:09:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!cmu!ykowalski From: ykowalski@cmu.edu (Yuki Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb23.140915.8588@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 14:09:15 GMT References: <1995Feb22.154715.2798@clari.net> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb22.154715.2798@clari.net>, jnilsson@clari.net (Jen Nilsson) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Yuki Kowalski | ykowalski@cmu.edu PGP Key fingerprint: E4B8 27CF A316 8ADF "Keep the channels open." From atanaka@pipeline.com Sat Feb 25 08:50:15 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pipeline!atanaka From: atanaka@pipeline.com (Aiko Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb25.085015.1981@pipeline.com> Date: Sat, 25 Feb 1995 08:50:15 GMT References: <1995Feb22.154715.2798@clari.net> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb22.154715.2798@clari.net>, jnilsson@clari.net (Jen Nilsson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- === Aiko Tanaka === Dept of Electrical Engineering, The Pipeline Internet Network "Marcus is not one man."