From alaurent@hanse.de Mon Oct 03 22:24:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!hanse!alaurent From: alaurent@hanse.de (Anton Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct03.222433.3540@hanse.de> Date: Mon, 03 Oct 1994 22:24:33 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. 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? -- Anton Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Atari Falcon 030 - NetBSD 1.0 From fjohansson@panix.com Tue Oct 04 09:10:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!fjohansson From: fjohansson@panix.com (Fiona Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct04.091033.4347@panix.com> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 09:10:33 GMT References: <1994Oct03.222433.3540@hanse.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct03.222433.3540@hanse.de>, alaurent@hanse.de (Anton Laurent) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Fiona Johansson Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "A soul is not exclusive to biology." From mpopov@rwth-aachen.de Tue Oct 04 15:57:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!rwth-aachen!mpopov From: mpopov@rwth-aachen.de (Mikhail Popov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct04.155733.9968@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Tue, 04 Oct 1994 15:57:33 GMT References: <1994Oct03.222433.3540@hanse.de> <1994Oct04.091033.4347@panix.com> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct04.091033.4347@panix.com>, fjohansson@panix.com (Fiona Johansson) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. 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. -- Mikhail Popov | mpopov@rwth-aachen.de PGP Key fingerprint: 5F19 BB72 0B44 B8CA "Keep the channels open." From slopez@illinois.edu Thu Oct 06 18:42:33 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!illinois!slopez From: slopez@illinois.edu (Seo-yeon López) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct06.184233.3714@illinois.edu> Date: Thu, 06 Oct 1994 18:42:33 GMT References: <1994Oct03.222433.3540@hanse.de> <1994Oct04.091033.4347@panix.com> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct04.091033.4347@panix.com>, fjohansson@panix.com (Fiona Johansson) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Seo-yeon López Hayes Optima 288 @ ISDN 64k bps "We don't sign stars. We build them."