From ejohansson@illinois.edu Sat Aug 17 13:35:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!ejohansson From: ejohansson@illinois.edu (Elaine Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 13:35:58 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Elaine Johansson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Commodore Amiga 500 (1MB OCS) - NetBSD 1.0 From slindqvist@pipeline.com Mon Aug 19 02:15:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!pipeline!slindqvist From: slindqvist@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug19.021558.9026@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 02:15:58 GMT References: <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu>, ejohansson@illinois.edu (Elaine Johansson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Sun-mi Lindqvist Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From alopez@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 19 12:04:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!alopez From: alopez@titech.ac.jp (Andrei López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug19.120458.2219@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 12:04:58 GMT References: <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu>, ejohansson@illinois.edu (Elaine Johansson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Andrei López *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From tschneider@unam.mx Mon Aug 19 23:35:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!unam!tschneider From: tschneider@unam.mx (Tomas Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Aug19.233558.3844@unam.mx> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 23:35:58 GMT References: <1996Aug17.133558.5768@illinois.edu> <1996Aug19.021558.9026@pipeline.com> Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1996Aug19.021558.9026@pipeline.com>, slindqvist@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Lindqvist) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Tomas Schneider === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) "Marcus is not one man."