From ehughes@pacbell.net Fri Dec 22 14:30:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!pacbell!ehughes From: ehughes@pacbell.net (Élodie Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec22.143023.1386@pacbell.net> Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 14:30:23 GMT Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: pacbell.net 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? -- Élodie Hughes Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From agonzalez@panix.com Sat Dec 23 06:08:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!agonzalez From: agonzalez@panix.com (Aiko González) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec23.060823.4116@panix.com> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 06:08:23 GMT References: <1995Dec22.143023.1386@pacbell.net> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Dec22.143023.1386@pacbell.net>, ehughes@pacbell.net (Élodie Hughes) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Aiko González "We don't sign stars. We build them." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From snakamura@hanse.de Sat Dec 23 14:31:23 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!hanse!snakamura From: snakamura@hanse.de (Seo-yeon Nakamura) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Dec23.143123.9898@hanse.de> Date: Sat, 23 Dec 1995 14:31:23 GMT References: <1995Dec22.143023.1386@pacbell.net> <1995Dec23.060823.4116@panix.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995Dec23.060823.4116@panix.com>, agonzalez@panix.com (Aiko González) writes: > Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' 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. Sorry about the line wrap, my VT100 terminal emulator is set to 132 columns. -- Seo-yeon Nakamura -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "In theory there is no difference between theory and practice."