From gmoreau@utexas.edu Sun Oct 23 00:48:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!gmoreau From: gmoreau@utexas.edu (Göran Moreau) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Oct 1994 00:48:12 GMT Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 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. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Göran Moreau Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dsato@titech.ac.jp Mon Oct 24 02:52:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!titech!dsato From: dsato@titech.ac.jp (Diego Sato) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct24.025212.8790@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 02:52:12 GMT References: <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu>, gmoreau@utexas.edu (Göran Moreau) 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. If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Diego Sato Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From twatanabe@pipeline.com Mon Oct 24 07:49:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!twatanabe From: twatanabe@pipeline.com (Tyler Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct24.074912.6019@pipeline.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 1994 07:49:12 GMT References: <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu> <1994Oct24.025212.8790@titech.ac.jp> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Oct24.025212.8790@titech.ac.jp>, dsato@titech.ac.jp (Diego 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. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Tyler Watanabe "Marcus is not one man." 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From tpark@tum.de Tue Oct 25 01:49:12 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!tum!tpark From: tpark@tum.de (Tomas Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Oct25.014912.7824@tum.de> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 01:49:12 GMT References: <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu> Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct23.004812.9043@utexas.edu>, gmoreau@utexas.edu (Göran Moreau) 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. -- Tomas Park | tpark@tum.de PGP Key fingerprint: F922 D16C DD88 E7FC "Keep the channels open."