From yito@netcom.com Thu Jul 27 00:50:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!yito From: yito@netcom.com (Yuki Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul27.005058.7624@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 00:50:58 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. 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? -- Yuki Ito "Row 14. No joke." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / AmigaOS 3.1 From jkim@purdue.edu Thu Jul 27 05:27:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!purdue!jkim From: jkim@purdue.edu (Jen Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul27.052758.1168@purdue.edu> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 05:27:58 GMT References: <1995Jul27.005058.7624@netcom.com> Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network NNTP-Posting-Host: purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul27.005058.7624@netcom.com>, yito@netcom.com (Yuki Ito) 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. -- Jen Kim | jkim@purdue.edu PGP Key fingerprint: FBA7 BD25 0FA2 840B "Keep the channels open." From nnakamura@earthlink.net Sat Jul 29 03:33:58 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!earthlink!nnakamura From: nnakamura@earthlink.net (Natalia Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jul29.033358.5647@earthlink.net> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 1995 03:33:58 GMT References: <1995Jul27.005058.7624@netcom.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul27.005058.7624@netcom.com>, yito@netcom.com (Yuki Ito) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- === Natalia Nakamura === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Hold for relay."