From ksato@utexas.edu Sun Dec 08 05:20:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!utexas!ksato From: ksato@utexas.edu (Katrin Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec08.052001.6065@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 1996 05:20:01 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Katrin Sato Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Texas at Austin. ------------------------------------------------------------ From treyes@stanford.edu Mon Dec 09 05:50:01 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!stanford!treyes From: treyes@stanford.edu (Tomas Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Dec09.055001.7971@stanford.edu> Date: Mon, 09 Dec 1996 05:50:01 GMT References: <1996Dec08.052001.6065@utexas.edu> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1996Dec08.052001.6065@utexas.edu>, ksato@utexas.edu (Katrin Sato) 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. -- Tomas Reyes "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." Amiga 1200 (Blizzard 030/50) / AmigaOS 3.1