From mgirard@uni-hamburg.de Wed Jun 21 23:04:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!uni-hamburg!mgirard From: mgirard@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun21.230435.1559@uni-hamburg.de> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 23:04:35 GMT Organization: Universität Hamburg Fachbereich Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: uni-hamburg.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. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Mike Girard Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 28,800 bps "Hold for relay." From bgirard@illinois.edu Fri Jun 23 18:57:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!illinois!bgirard From: bgirard@illinois.edu (Bill Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun23.185735.7609@illinois.edu> Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 18:57:35 GMT References: <1995Jun21.230435.1559@uni-hamburg.de> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun21.230435.1559@uni-hamburg.de>, mgirard@uni-hamburg.de (Mike Girard) 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. -- Bill Girard Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ------------------------------------------------------------ From mmartinez@uu.net Sun Jun 25 16:30:35 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!uu!mmartinez From: mmartinez@uu.net (Marta Martínez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun25.163035.4382@uu.net> Date: Sun, 25 Jun 1995 16:30:35 GMT References: <1995Jun21.230435.1559@uni-hamburg.de> <1995Jun23.185735.7609@illinois.edu> Organization: UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA NNTP-Posting-Host: uu.net X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jun23.185735.7609@illinois.edu>, bgirard@illinois.edu (Bill Girard) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Marta Martínez Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.