From rtanaka@ox.ac.uk Wed Nov 08 03:11:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!ox!rtanaka From: rtanaka@ox.ac.uk (Renata Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov08.031154.4426@ox.ac.uk> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 03:11:54 GMT Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Renata Tanaka *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From bito@netcom.com Wed Nov 08 14:32:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!netcom!bito From: bito@netcom.com (Bill Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov08.143254.1352@netcom.com> Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 14:32:54 GMT References: <1995Nov08.031154.4426@ox.ac.uk> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 12 In article <1995Nov08.031154.4426@ox.ac.uk>, rtanaka@ox.ac.uk (Renata 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette. -- Bill Ito | bito@netcom.com PGP Key fingerprint: 3090 3FE9 8B35 DFA2 "Keep the channels open." From lduarte@titech.ac.jp Fri Nov 10 03:44:54 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!titech!lduarte From: lduarte@titech.ac.jp (Lisa Duarte) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Nov10.034454.6792@titech.ac.jp> Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1995 03:44:54 GMT References: <1995Nov08.031154.4426@ox.ac.uk> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Nov08.031154.4426@ox.ac.uk>, rtanaka@ox.ac.uk (Renata 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. -- Lisa Duarte "Row 14. No joke." Acorn RiscPC 600 / SunOS 4.1.4