From aivanov@illinois.edu Wed Feb 01 06:49:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!illinois!aivanov From: aivanov@illinois.edu (Andrei Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 01 Feb 1995 06:49:54 GMT Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Andrei Ivanov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From klopez@uu.net Thu Feb 02 19:14:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!uu!klopez From: klopez@uu.net (Katrin López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb02.191454.6301@uu.net> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 1995 19:14:54 GMT References: <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu>, aivanov@illinois.edu (Andrei Ivanov) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Katrin López Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From msilva@uni-hamburg.de Sat Feb 04 20:22:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!uni-hamburg!msilva From: msilva@uni-hamburg.de (Mei Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb04.202254.1785@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 20:22:54 GMT References: <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu>, aivanov@illinois.edu (Andrei Ivanov) 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. -- Mei Silva "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From enilsson@rwth-aachen.de Sat Feb 04 23:01:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!enilsson From: enilsson@rwth-aachen.de (Élodie Nilsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb04.230154.4089@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sat, 04 Feb 1995 23:01:54 GMT References: <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb01.064954.4574@illinois.edu>, aivanov@illinois.edu (Andrei Ivanov) writes: > 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- === Élodie Nilsson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, RWTH Aachen Informatik "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."