From dmoreau@cmu.edu Wed Jan 03 05:12:35 1996
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From: dmoreau@cmu.edu (Dmitri Moreau)
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Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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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.
You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP?

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From cstewart@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jan 04 11:17:35 1996
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From: cstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Stewart)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan03.051235.3063@cmu.edu>, dmoreau@cmu.edu (Dmitri Moreau) writes:
> 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.

The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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Camila Stewart
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From mmuller@titech.ac.jp Fri Jan 05 23:13:35 1996
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From: mmuller@titech.ac.jp (Mei Müller)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan04.111735.8453@rwth-aachen.de>, cstewart@rwth-aachen.de (Camila Stewart) writes:
> The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.
> Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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.

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Mei Müller -- Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre
"When every node is whole, the channel opens."