From mtakahashi@pipeline.com Wed Apr 06 07:51:07 1994
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From: mtakahashi@pipeline.com (Marisol Takahashi)
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Subject: 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.

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

Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West?

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From: csuzuki@clari.net (Camila Suzuki)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Apr06.075107.5836@pipeline.com>, mtakahashi@pipeline.com (Marisol Takahashi) writes:
> Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.

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

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Camila Suzuki
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