From gjohansson@rwth-aachen.de Sun Jan 01 11:17:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!gjohansson From: gjohansson@rwth-aachen.de (Graham Johansson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan01.111701.3631@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1995 11:17:01 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 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. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Graham Johansson "Do not worship the copy." PC-9821Ap2 (NEC) / Linux 1.2.13 From jkowalski@pacbell.net Sun Jan 01 20:31:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!pacbell!jkowalski From: jkowalski@pacbell.net (Julien Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan01.203101.7739@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 01 Jan 1995 20:31:01 GMT References: <1995Jan01.111701.3631@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jan01.111701.3631@rwth-aachen.de>, gjohansson@rwth-aachen.de (Graham Johansson) 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. -- Julien Kowalski -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do." From amacdonald@cern.ch Mon Jan 02 12:32:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!cern!amacdonald From: amacdonald@cern.ch (Anton MacDonald) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan02.123201.9860@cern.ch> Date: Mon, 02 Jan 1995 12:32:01 GMT References: <1995Jan01.111701.3631@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jan01.203101.7739@pacbell.net> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jan01.203101.7739@pacbell.net>, jkowalski@pacbell.net (Julien Kowalski) 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.' -- Anton MacDonald | amacdonald@cern.ch PGP Key fingerprint: D10F 62EA DD65 88FA "Keep the channels open." From asokolov@delphi.com Tue Jan 03 06:19:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!delphi!asokolov From: asokolov@delphi.com (Anja Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jan03.061901.8820@delphi.com> Date: Tue, 03 Jan 1995 06:19:01 GMT References: <1995Jan01.111701.3631@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Jan01.203101.7739@pacbell.net> <1995Jan02.123201.9860@cern.ch> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jan02.123201.9860@cern.ch>, amacdonald@cern.ch (Anton MacDonald) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Anja Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Sun 3/60 (SunOS 4.1.1) - NetBSD 1.0