From tkim@netcom.com Sun Mar 26 11:08:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!netcom!tkim From: tkim@netcom.com (Thiago Kim) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com> Date: Sun, 26 Mar 1995 11:08:16 GMT Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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? -- Thiago Kim -- NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Hold for relay." From toliveira@uni-hamburg.de Tue Mar 28 02:36:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!toliveira From: toliveira@uni-hamburg.de (Thiago Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar28.023616.1276@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 02:36:16 GMT References: <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com> Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com>, tkim@netcom.com (Thiago Kim) 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. -- Thiago Oliveira *PLONK* filter active for trolls. PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) - NetBSD 1.0 From fsato@uu.net Thu Mar 30 02:31:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!uu!fsato From: fsato@uu.net (Fiona Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar30.023116.6317@uu.net> Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 02:31:16 GMT References: <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com>, tkim@netcom.com (Thiago Kim) 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. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Fiona Sato -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA "Row 14. No joke." From sdubois@clari.net Fri Mar 31 09:08:16 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!clari!sdubois From: sdubois@clari.net (Sun-mi Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Mar31.090816.1915@clari.net> Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 09:08:16 GMT References: <1995Mar26.110816.9723@netcom.com> <1995Mar30.023116.6317@uu.net> Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Mar30.023116.6317@uu.net>, fsato@uu.net (Fiona Sato) 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. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Sun-mi Dubois === Dept of Electrical Engineering, ClariNet Communications Corp "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"