From dandersson@delphi.com Sun Feb 12 23:39:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-de!hansebox!delphi!dandersson From: dandersson@delphi.com (Dmitri Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com> Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1995 23:39:14 GMT Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 11 The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office? -- === Dmitri Andersson === Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services "Row 14. No joke." From trodriguez@delphi.com Mon Feb 13 23:55:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!delphi!trodriguez From: trodriguez@delphi.com (Tyler Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb13.235514.8847@delphi.com> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 23:55:14 GMT References: <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com> Organization: Delphi Internet Services NNTP-Posting-Host: delphi.com X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com>, dandersson@delphi.com (Dmitri Andersson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol. -- Tyler Rodríguez SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 9600 Telebit bps "Row 14. No joke." From jsokolov@hanse.de Wed Feb 15 13:59:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!jsokolov From: jsokolov@hanse.de (Julien Sokolov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb15.135914.1450@hanse.de> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 13:59:14 GMT References: <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com>, dandersson@delphi.com (Dmitri Andersson) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. > The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Julien Sokolov *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Mac IIci / 68882 FPU - NetBSD 1.0 From kmoreno@stanford.edu Wed Feb 15 21:39:14 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!stanford!kmoreno From: kmoreno@stanford.edu (Kirsty Moreno) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Feb15.213914.1052@stanford.edu> Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 21:39:14 GMT References: <1995Feb12.233914.6365@delphi.com> <1995Feb15.135914.1450@hanse.de> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 9 In article <1995Feb15.135914.1450@hanse.de>, jsokolov@hanse.de (Julien Sokolov) writes: > In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. 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. -- Kirsty Moreno *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0