From mlarsson@hanse.de Fri Jan 19 18:01:35 1996
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From: mlarsson@hanse.de (Mateo Larsson)
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Subject: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office?

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From ntakahashi@inria.fr Sun Jan 21 08:33:35 1996
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan19.180135.7903@hanse.de>, mlarsson@hanse.de (Mateo Larsson) writes:
> Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.

Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.'

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From sfournier@cmu.edu Sun Jan 21 19:29:35 1996
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan19.180135.7903@hanse.de>, mlarsson@hanse.de (Mateo Larsson) writes:
> Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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

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From pnakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 22 07:12:35 1996
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From: pnakamura@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Pavel Nakamura)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan21.192935.9345@cmu.edu>, sfournier@cmu.edu (Steve Fournier) writes:
> The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

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

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