From rkarlsson@kth.se Sat Mar 18 00:22:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!kth!rkarlsson From: rkarlsson@kth.se (Raj Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 1995 00:22:11 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Raj Karlsson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From gmuller@kth.se Sun Mar 19 01:29:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!kth!gmuller From: gmuller@kth.se (Göran Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar19.012911.4013@kth.se> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 01:29:11 GMT References: <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se>, rkarlsson@kth.se (Raj Karlsson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. 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. -- Göran Müller Zyxel U-1496E @ 14,400 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From hkim@unam.mx Sun Mar 19 10:28:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!hkim From: hkim@unam.mx (Heather Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar19.102811.3556@unam.mx> Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 10:28:11 GMT References: <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se> <1995Mar19.012911.4013@kth.se> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar19.012911.4013@kth.se>, gmuller@kth.se (Göran Müller) 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. -- Heather Kim "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." NeXTstation Turbo Color / TOS 4.04 From mcampbell@panix.com Mon Mar 20 02:14:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!panix!mcampbell From: mcampbell@panix.com (Marta Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar20.021411.8302@panix.com> Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 02:14:11 GMT References: <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se>, rkarlsson@kth.se (Raj Karlsson) 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. -- Marta Campbell -- Public Access Unix of New York "We don't sign stars. We build them." From llaurent@uu.net Tue Mar 21 21:29:11 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!llaurent From: llaurent@uu.net (Liam Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar21.212911.7456@uu.net> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 1995 21:29:11 GMT References: <1995Mar18.002211.6227@kth.se> <1995Mar20.021411.8302@panix.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar20.021411.8302@panix.com>, mcampbell@panix.com (Marta Campbell) 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. -- Liam Laurent | llaurent@uu.net PGP Key fingerprint: 9A62 FDE6 AFF5 B68D "Keep the channels open."