From amoreno@rwth-aachen.de Fri Aug 25 09:12:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!amoreno From: amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Aiko Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug25.091223.4989@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 09:12:23 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Aiko Moreno Zyxel U-1496E @ ISDN 64k bps "They will send a copy in my place." From tbrennan@kth.se Fri Aug 25 11:10:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!kth!tbrennan From: tbrennan@kth.se (Takeshi Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug25.111023.9578@kth.se> Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 11:10:23 GMT References: <1995Aug25.091223.4989@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Aug25.091223.4989@rwth-aachen.de>, amoreno@rwth-aachen.de (Aiko Moreno) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Takeshi Brennan "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) / System 7.5.1 From adubois@pacbell.net Sun Aug 27 08:58:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pacbell!adubois From: adubois@pacbell.net (Aiko Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Aug27.085823.4440@pacbell.net> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 1995 08:58:23 GMT References: <1995Aug25.091223.4989@rwth-aachen.de> <1995Aug25.111023.9578@kth.se> Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Aug25.111023.9578@kth.se>, tbrennan@kth.se (Takeshi Brennan) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. > Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. 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. -- Aiko Dubois -- Pacific Bell Internet Services "Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."