From jnakamura@pacbell.net Fri Jul 07 19:27:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!pacbell!jnakamura From: jnakamura@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 1995 19:27:32 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Ji-woo Nakamura Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From tpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sun Jul 09 08:40:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!u-tokyo!tpopov From: tpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 08:40:32 GMT References: <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net> Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net>, jnakamura@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Nakamura) 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. -- Thiago Popov Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place." From mwatanabe@earthlink.net Sun Jul 09 09:35:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!earthlink!mwatanabe From: mwatanabe@earthlink.net (Min-jun Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul09.093532.2972@earthlink.net> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 09:35:32 GMT References: <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net> <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Popov) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Min-jun Watanabe Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of EarthLink Network. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bmuller@ox.ac.uk Sun Jul 09 21:48:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!ox!bmuller From: bmuller@ox.ac.uk (Bill Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul09.214832.4657@ox.ac.uk> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 21:48:32 GMT References: <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net> <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Popov) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. 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. -- Bill Müller Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------ From emartinez@pacbell.net Mon Jul 10 10:25:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!pacbell!emartinez From: emartinez@pacbell.net (Élodie Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul10.102532.6647@pacbell.net> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 1995 10:25:32 GMT References: <1995Jul07.192732.6292@pacbell.net> <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul09.084032.6267@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tpopov@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Thiago Popov) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Élodie Martínez Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "They will send a copy in my place."