From gtanaka@unam.mx Sat Apr 22 06:31:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!unam!gtanaka From: gtanaka@unam.mx (Graham Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr22.063100.8358@unam.mx> Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 06:31:00 GMT Organization: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (DGSCA) NNTP-Posting-Host: unam.mx 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. 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 Tanaka "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question." Macintosh IIfx / Linux 1.2.13 From aito@mindspring.com Mon Apr 24 00:07:00 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!mindspring!aito From: aito@mindspring.com (Aiko Ito) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Apr24.000700.8300@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 24 Apr 1995 00:07:00 GMT References: <1995Apr22.063100.8358@unam.mx> Organization: MindSpring Enterprises NNTP-Posting-Host: mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Apr22.063100.8358@unam.mx>, gtanaka@unam.mx (Graham Tanaka) writes: > 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- === Aiko Ito === Dept of Electrical Engineering, MindSpring Enterprises "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."