From mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Feb 20 14:34:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!mmoreno From: mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 14:34:37 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp 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? -- === Marta Moreno === Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Tokyo Department of Information Science "Row 14. No joke." From lsuzuki@rwth-aachen.de Tue Feb 21 03:56:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!rwth-aachen!lsuzuki From: lsuzuki@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb21.035637.6674@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 1995 03:56:37 GMT References: <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Moreno) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Lisa Suzuki Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of RWTH Aachen Informatik. ------------------------------------------------------------ From stakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Feb 22 18:53:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!u-tokyo!stakahashi From: stakahashi@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Sven Takahashi) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb22.185337.3937@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 18:53:37 GMT References: <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Feb21.035637.6674@rwth-aachen.de> 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 <1995Feb21.035637.6674@rwth-aachen.de>, lsuzuki@rwth-aachen.de (Lisa Suzuki) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Sven Takahashi "Hold for relay." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From sfournier@tum.de Fri Feb 24 10:50:37 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!sfournier From: sfournier@tum.de (Seo-yeon Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb24.105037.4000@tum.de> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 1995 10:50:37 GMT References: <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb20.143437.8396@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mmoreno@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Marta Moreno) 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Seo-yeon Fournier | sfournier@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: 002D EA9B C471 A722 "Keep the channels open."