From lsmirnov@tum.de Mon Jun 12 21:07:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!tum!lsmirnov From: lsmirnov@tum.de (Liam Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun12.210705.7699@tum.de> Date: Mon, 12 Jun 1995 21:07:05 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de 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. It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections. Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West? -- Liam Smirnov "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From jlindqvist@cmu.edu Wed Jun 14 19:45:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!cmu!jlindqvist From: jlindqvist@cmu.edu (Jens Lindqvist) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun14.194505.8059@cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 19:45:05 GMT References: <1995Jun12.210705.7699@tum.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 11 In article <1995Jun12.210705.7699@tum.de>, lsmirnov@tum.de (Liam Smirnov) 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.' If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again. -- Jens Lindqvist "When every node is whole, the channel opens." Macintosh IIfx / SunOS 4.1.4 From mivanov@netcom.com Thu Jun 15 01:30:05 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!netcom!mivanov From: mivanov@netcom.com (Matthias Ivanov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995Jun15.013005.7420@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 01:30:05 GMT References: <1995Jun12.210705.7699@tum.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1995Jun12.210705.7699@tum.de>, lsmirnov@tum.de (Liam Smirnov) 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.' -- === Matthias Ivanov === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "5 sigma is a discovery. 7 is a question."