From fkowalski@clari.net Mon Sep 25 07:14:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!clari!fkowalski From: fkowalski@clari.net (Freya Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net> Date: Mon, 25 Sep 1995 07:14:13 GMT Organization: ClariNet Communications Corp NNTP-Posting-Host: clari.net X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Freya Kowalski Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of ClariNet Communications Corp. ------------------------------------------------------------ From lbrennan@mit.edu Tue Sep 26 20:05:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!mit!lbrennan From: lbrennan@mit.edu (Lucia Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep26.200513.9240@mit.edu> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 20:05:13 GMT References: <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net> Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology NNTP-Posting-Host: mit.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net>, fkowalski@clari.net (Freya Kowalski) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- === Lucia Brennan === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From mhernandez@titech.ac.jp Wed Sep 27 00:19:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!titech!mhernandez From: mhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Marta Hernández) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep27.001913.7322@titech.ac.jp> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 00:19:13 GMT References: <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net> <1995Sep26.200513.9240@mit.edu> Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Sep26.200513.9240@mit.edu>, lbrennan@mit.edu (Lucia Brennan) writes: > She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Marta Hernández *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0 From ckarlsson@kiae.su Wed Sep 27 07:05:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!kiae!ckarlsson From: ckarlsson@kiae.su (Callum Karlsson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep27.070513.2388@kiae.su> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 1995 07:05:13 GMT References: <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net> <1995Sep26.200513.9240@mit.edu> <1995Sep27.001913.7322@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 8 In article <1995Sep27.001913.7322@titech.ac.jp>, mhernandez@titech.ac.jp (Marta Hernández) writes: > The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.' -- Callum Karlsson Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From dandersson@berkeley.edu Fri Sep 29 09:15:13 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!berkeley!dandersson From: dandersson@berkeley.edu (Dong-hyun Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Sep29.091513.4843@berkeley.edu> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 09:15:13 GMT References: <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net> Organization: UC Berkeley Department of EECS NNTP-Posting-Host: berkeley.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 In article <1995Sep25.071413.4410@clari.net>, fkowalski@clari.net (Freya Kowalski) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Dong-hyun Andersson | dandersson@berkeley.edu PGP Key fingerprint: 47D4 3187 B677 DF1A "Keep the channels open."