From asokolov@earthlink.net Wed Mar 13 20:01:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!earthlink!asokolov From: asokolov@earthlink.net (Anja Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar13.200130.9161@earthlink.net> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 20:01:30 GMT Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Anja Sokolov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From rlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Mar 14 06:57:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!rlee From: rlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Raj Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar14.065730.3168@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 06:57:30 GMT References: <1996Mar13.200130.9161@earthlink.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Mar13.200130.9161@earthlink.net>, asokolov@earthlink.net (Anja Sokolov) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Raj Lee | rlee@u-tokyo.ac.jp PGP Key fingerprint: 6484 771B 9DA4 A6AE "Keep the channels open." From mreyes@stanford.edu Fri Mar 15 10:39:30 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!mreyes From: mreyes@stanford.edu (Mike Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Mar15.103930.4156@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 10:39:30 GMT References: <1996Mar13.200130.9161@earthlink.net> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Mar13.200130.9161@earthlink.net>, asokolov@earthlink.net (Anja Sokolov) 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. -- Mike Reyes Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------