From bnovak@mindspring.com Sat Dec 02 06:11:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!mindspring!bnovak From: bnovak@mindspring.com (Brian Novak) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com> Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 06:11:24 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 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 Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Brian Novak "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" Atari TT030 / Linux 1.2.13 From btakahashi@inria.fr Sun Dec 03 20:26:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!inria!btakahashi From: btakahashi@inria.fr (Brian Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 03 Dec 1995 20:26:24 GMT References: <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 In article <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com>, bnovak@mindspring.com (Brian Novak) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Brian Takahashi Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of INRIA Rocquencourt. ------------------------------------------------------------ From shernandez@cam.ac.uk Tue Dec 05 23:54:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cam!shernandez From: shernandez@cam.ac.uk (Sun-mi Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec05.235424.2075@cam.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 05 Dec 1995 23:54:24 GMT References: <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com> <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr>, btakahashi@inria.fr (Brian Takahashi) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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! -- Sun-mi Hernández "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Amiga 3000T / FreeBSD 2.1 From knakamura@hanse.de Wed Dec 06 09:52:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!knakamura From: knakamura@hanse.de (Katrin Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec06.095224.9806@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 09:52:24 GMT References: <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com> <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr>, btakahashi@inria.fr (Brian Takahashi) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Katrin Nakamura | knakamura@hanse.de PGP Key fingerprint: C175 9BB6 9CCC 0CFA "Keep the channels open." From vsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Thu Dec 07 07:21:24 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!u-tokyo!vsmirnov From: vsmirnov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Valeria Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec07.072124.8717@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 07:21:24 GMT References: <1995Dec02.061124.9676@mindspring.com> <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 12 In article <1995Dec03.202624.1677@inria.fr>, btakahashi@inria.fr (Brian Takahashi) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. > Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. 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. Unsubscribe me from this list! (Wait, this is Usenet, never mind). -- Valeria Smirnov SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 19,200 bps "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."