From mcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Oct 26 07:14:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!u-tokyo!mcampbell From: mcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1996 07:14:58 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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Matthias Campbell *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From ajohansson@uu.net Mon Oct 28 11:05:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!uu!ajohansson From: ajohansson@uu.net (Astrid Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct28.110558.3002@uu.net> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 11:05:58 GMT References: <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Campbell) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Astrid Johansson Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA. ------------------------------------------------------------ From bmuller@pacbell.net Tue Oct 29 17:30:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!pacbell!bmuller From: bmuller@pacbell.net (Bill Müller) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct29.173058.5208@pacbell.net> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 17:30:58 GMT References: <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mcampbell@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Matthias Campbell) writes: > 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. 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 Pacific Bell Internet Services. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esuzuki@hanse.de Wed Oct 30 08:01:58 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!hanse!esuzuki From: esuzuki@hanse.de (Emi Suzuki) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct30.080158.4236@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 08:01:58 GMT References: <1996Oct26.071458.9491@u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1996Oct29.173058.5208@pacbell.net> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct29.173058.5208@pacbell.net>, bmuller@pacbell.net (Bill Müller) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Emi Suzuki Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Hold for relay."