From hnakamura@uni-hamburg.de Fri Aug 09 11:25:55 1996
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From: hnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Nakamura)
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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.

You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.
Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.

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

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Hana Nakamura
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From klee@cam.ac.uk Sat Aug 10 14:31:55 1996
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Aug09.112555.8717@uni-hamburg.de>, hnakamura@uni-hamburg.de (Hana Nakamura) writes:
> 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.

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

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=== Kenji Lee ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory
"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."