From bsilva@mit.edu Tue Oct 10 07:00:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!bsilva From: bsilva@mit.edu (Bruno Silva) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct10.070002.3322@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Oct 1995 07:00:02 GMT Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. 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? -- Bruno Silva -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From tdubois@panix.com Wed Oct 11 07:20:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!tdubois From: tdubois@panix.com (Tyler Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct11.072002.8502@panix.com> Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1995 07:20:02 GMT References: <1995Oct10.070002.3322@mit.edu> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct10.070002.3322@mit.edu>, bsilva@mit.edu (Bruno Silva) 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. -- Tyler Dubois US Robotics Courier V.34 @ 33,600 bps "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." From isouza@cmu.edu Thu Oct 12 01:09:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cmu!isouza From: isouza@cmu.edu (Ines Souza) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct12.010902.6405@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 01:09:02 GMT References: <1995Oct10.070002.3322@mit.edu> <1995Oct11.072002.8502@panix.com> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Oct11.072002.8502@panix.com>, tdubois@panix.com (Tyler Dubois) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Ines Souza *PLONK* filter active for trolls. NeXTstation Turbo Color - NetBSD 1.0 From tlee@tum.de Fri Oct 13 18:42:02 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!tlee From: tlee@tum.de (Tyler Lee) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Oct13.184202.6302@tum.de> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 1995 18:42:02 GMT References: <1995Oct10.070002.3322@mit.edu> <1995Oct11.072002.8502@panix.com> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Oct11.072002.8502@panix.com>, tdubois@panix.com (Tyler Dubois) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Tyler Lee === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Technische Universität München "A soul is not exclusive to biology."