From mtanaka@pipeline.com Thu May 18 10:45:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!pipeline!mtanaka From: mtanaka@pipeline.com (Marisol Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 10:45:54 GMT Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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? -- Marisol Tanaka | mtanaka@pipeline.com PGP Key fingerprint: 7255 307B 2EB0 5040 "Keep the channels open." From mfischer@demon.co.uk Thu May 18 17:52:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!demon!mfischer From: mfischer@demon.co.uk (Matthias Fischer) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May18.175254.4791@demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 17:52:54 GMT References: <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com> Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com>, mtanaka@pipeline.com (Marisol Tanaka) 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.' -- Matthias Fischer -- Demon Internet Services UK "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." From apetrov@hanse.de Fri May 19 19:49:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!apetrov From: apetrov@hanse.de (Anja Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May19.194954.3467@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 19:49:54 GMT References: <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com>, mtanaka@pipeline.com (Marisol Tanaka) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Anja Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mmoreno@illinois.edu Sat May 20 03:57:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!illinois!mmoreno From: mmoreno@illinois.edu (Mateo Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May20.035754.9261@illinois.edu> Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 03:57:54 GMT References: <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995May18.104554.9318@pipeline.com>, mtanaka@pipeline.com (Marisol Tanaka) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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. -- Mateo Moreno Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------