From jbrennan@tum.de Fri Sep 16 23:20:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!tum!jbrennan From: jbrennan@tum.de (Jens Brennan) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de> Date: Fri, 16 Sep 1994 23:20:49 GMT Organization: Technische Universität München NNTP-Posting-Host: tum.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 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 Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines. Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP? -- Jens Brennan Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jfournier@panix.com Sun Sep 18 19:53:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!krgate!eunha!panix!jfournier From: jfournier@panix.com (Julien Fournier) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep18.195349.7221@panix.com> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 1994 19:53:49 GMT References: <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de>, jbrennan@tum.de (Jens Brennan) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Julien Fournier SupraFAXModem 28.8 @ 28,800 bps "Do not worship the copy." From lgirard@earthlink.net Tue Sep 20 14:32:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!lgirard From: lgirard@earthlink.net (Lucia Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep20.143249.4819@earthlink.net> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 14:32:49 GMT References: <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de> <1994Sep18.195349.7221@panix.com> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Sep18.195349.7221@panix.com>, jfournier@panix.com (Julien Fournier) 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. -- === Lucia Girard === Dept of Electrical Engineering, EarthLink Network "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary spectra." From aoliveira@earthlink.net Thu Sep 22 16:47:49 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!earthlink!aoliveira From: aoliveira@earthlink.net (Astrid Oliveira) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players Message-ID: <1994Sep22.164749.5831@earthlink.net> Date: Thu, 22 Sep 1994 16:47:49 GMT References: <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 8 In article <1994Sep16.232049.3977@tum.de>, jbrennan@tum.de (Jens Brennan) writes: > The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band. In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial. -- Astrid Oliveira -- EarthLink Network "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy."