From ltanaka@kth.se Thu Jun 01 05:39:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kth!ltanaka From: ltanaka@kth.se (Lucia Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun01.053932.4848@kth.se> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 05:39:32 GMT Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Lucia Tanaka | ltanaka@kth.se PGP Key fingerprint: D3F6 A657 A2DB 3621 "Keep the channels open." From cmoreau@stanford.edu Thu Jun 01 16:05:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!stanford!cmoreau From: cmoreau@stanford.edu (Camila Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun01.160532.6036@stanford.edu> Date: Thu, 01 Jun 1995 16:05:32 GMT References: <1995Jun01.053932.4848@kth.se> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun01.053932.4848@kth.se>, ltanaka@kth.se (Lucia Tanaka) 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. Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! -- === Camila Moreau === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University Computer Systems Lab "Do not worship the copy." From freyes@mindspring.com Fri Jun 02 02:48:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!mindspring!freyes From: freyes@mindspring.com (Freya Reyes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun02.024832.2609@mindspring.com> Date: Fri, 02 Jun 1995 02:48:32 GMT References: <1995Jun01.053932.4848@kth.se> <1995Jun01.160532.6036@stanford.edu> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jun01.160532.6036@stanford.edu>, cmoreau@stanford.edu (Camila 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. > Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin! 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. -- Freya Reyes | freyes@mindspring.com PGP Key fingerprint: 1BBB B6D5 9EE0 F2E1 "Keep the channels open." From kbrennan@inria.fr Sat Jun 03 11:52:32 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!inria!kbrennan From: kbrennan@inria.fr (Kirsty Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun03.115232.8211@inria.fr> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 11:52:32 GMT References: <1995Jun01.053932.4848@kth.se> <1995Jun01.160532.6036@stanford.edu> Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun01.160532.6036@stanford.edu>, cmoreau@stanford.edu (Camila 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. 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. -- Kirsty Brennan "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Acorn RiscPC 600 / TOS 4.04