From jsokolov@stanford.edu Sun Oct 27 08:48:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!stanford!jsokolov From: jsokolov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu> Date: Sun, 27 Oct 1996 08:48:02 GMT Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N 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. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- Ji-woo Sokolov Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Stanford University Computer Systems Lab. ------------------------------------------------------------ From esokolov@delphi.com Mon Oct 28 18:12:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!esokolov From: esokolov@delphi.com (Emi Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct28.181202.5540@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:12:02 GMT References: <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu>, jsokolov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Sokolov) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. -- Emi Sokolov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jkowalski@pipeline.com Tue Oct 29 09:11:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!pipeline!jkowalski From: jkowalski@pipeline.com (Julien Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct29.091102.6396@pipeline.com> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:11:02 GMT References: <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu> Organization: The Pipeline Internet Network NNTP-Posting-Host: pipeline.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu>, jsokolov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Sokolov) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. Top-posters will be placed in my ~/.killfile without notice. -- Julien Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From mandersson@utexas.edu Tue Oct 29 20:30:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!utexas!mandersson From: mandersson@utexas.edu (Mikhail Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct29.203002.2169@utexas.edu> Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 20:30:02 GMT References: <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu> <1996Oct29.091102.6396@pipeline.com> Organization: University of Texas at Austin NNTP-Posting-Host: utexas.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 In article <1996Oct29.091102.6396@pipeline.com>, jkowalski@pipeline.com (Julien Kowalski) writes: > The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu. 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. -- Mikhail Andersson | mandersson@utexas.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 0B22 1103 D73F 5813 "Keep the channels open." From tcampbell@ox.ac.uk Thu Oct 31 20:24:02 1996 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!ox!tcampbell From: tcampbell@ox.ac.uk (Tobias Campbell) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1996Oct31.202402.4784@ox.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 20:24:02 GMT References: <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu> Organization: Oxford University Computing Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: ox.ac.uk X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1996Oct27.084802.7322@stanford.edu>, jsokolov@stanford.edu (Ji-woo Sokolov) 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. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Tobias Campbell Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of Oxford University Computing Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------