From shughes@rwth-aachen.de Thu May 11 07:09:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!rwth-aachen!shughes From: shughes@rwth-aachen.de (Seo-yeon Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May11.070907.7249@rwth-aachen.de> Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 07:09:07 GMT Organization: RWTH Aachen Informatik NNTP-Posting-Host: rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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. Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Seo-yeon Hughes "They will send a copy in my place." NeXTstation Turbo Color / FreeBSD 2.1 From flaurent@cmu.edu Sat May 13 08:25:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cmu!flaurent From: flaurent@cmu.edu (Fiona Laurent) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May13.082507.1589@cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 08:25:07 GMT References: <1995May11.070907.7249@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995May11.070907.7249@rwth-aachen.de>, shughes@rwth-aachen.de (Seo-yeon Hughes) 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. The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.' -- Fiona Laurent *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Amiga 3000T - NetBSD 1.0 From cdubois@cam.ac.uk Mon May 15 04:24:07 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cam!cdubois From: cdubois@cam.ac.uk (Camila Dubois) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1995May15.042407.9646@cam.ac.uk> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 04:24:07 GMT References: <1995May11.070907.7249@rwth-aachen.de> Organization: University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory NNTP-Posting-Host: cam.ac.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1995May11.070907.7249@rwth-aachen.de>, shughes@rwth-aachen.de (Seo-yeon Hughes) 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. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Camila Dubois Opinions expressed are solely my own and not those of University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. ------------------------------------------------------------