From vrodriguez@demon.co.uk Tue Jul 23 02:13:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!demon!vrodriguez From: vrodriguez@demon.co.uk (Valeria Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 02:13:43 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Services UK NNTP-Posting-Host: demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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? -- Valeria Rodríguez | vrodriguez@demon.co.uk PGP Key fingerprint: F63F AE0E CE83 5D2F "Keep the channels open." From rmoreau@u-tokyo.ac.jp Wed Jul 24 17:44:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!u-tokyo!rmoreau From: rmoreau@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul24.174443.8960@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 24 Jul 1996 17:44:43 GMT References: <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk> 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 <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk>, vrodriguez@demon.co.uk (Valeria Rodríguez) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Rodrigo Moreau "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / NEXTSTEP 3.3 From rmoreno@delphi.com Thu Jul 25 09:38:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!rmoreno From: rmoreno@delphi.com (Renata Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul25.093843.4061@delphi.com> Date: Thu, 25 Jul 1996 09:38:43 GMT References: <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk> <1996Jul24.174443.8960@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1996Jul24.174443.8960@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, rmoreau@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Rodrigo Moreau) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Renata Moreno -- Delphi Internet Services "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From dito@rwth-aachen.de Fri Jul 26 07:21:43 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!rwth-aachen!dito From: dito@rwth-aachen.de (Dmitri Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Jul26.072143.9112@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 1996 07:21:43 GMT References: <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk> Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 12 In article <1996Jul23.021343.8369@demon.co.uk>, vrodriguez@demon.co.uk (Valeria Rodríguez) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- Dmitri Ito Hayes Optima 288 @ 19,200 bps "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"