From etanaka@uu.net Thu Sep 14 14:36:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!etanaka From: etanaka@uu.net (Elaine Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net> Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:36:04 GMT Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Elaine Tanaka -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From lgirard@mit.edu Sat Sep 16 11:43:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!mit!lgirard From: lgirard@mit.edu (Lisa Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep16.114304.9434@mit.edu> Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 11:43:04 GMT References: <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net>, etanaka@uu.net (Elaine Tanaka) 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. -- Lisa Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ------------------------------------------------------------ From rchoi@panix.com Sun Sep 17 15:43:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!panix!rchoi From: rchoi@panix.com (Raj Choi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep17.154304.1173@panix.com> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 15:43:04 GMT References: <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net> <1995Sep16.114304.9434@mit.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep16.114304.9434@mit.edu>, lgirard@mit.edu (Lisa Girard) 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. -- Raj Choi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Public Access Unix of New York. ------------------------------------------------------------ From goliveira@mindspring.com Sun Sep 17 20:00:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!goliveira From: goliveira@mindspring.com (Göran Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep17.200004.3324@mindspring.com> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 20:00:04 GMT References: <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net> <1995Sep16.114304.9434@mit.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep16.114304.9434@mit.edu>, lgirard@mit.edu (Lisa Girard) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Göran Oliveira -- MindSpring Enterprises "They will send a copy in my place." From fschneider@pacbell.net Sun Sep 17 23:48:04 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pacbell!fschneider From: fschneider@pacbell.net (Fiona Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep17.234804.1083@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 23:48:04 GMT References: <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep14.143604.1651@uu.net>, etanaka@uu.net (Elaine Tanaka) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Fiona Schneider Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.