From bkang@earthlink.net Mon Aug 19 06:50:35 1996
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From: bkang@earthlink.net (Bill Kang)
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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.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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

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From hdubois@purdue.edu Tue Aug 20 21:59:35 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Aug19.065035.5515@earthlink.net>, bkang@earthlink.net (Bill Kang) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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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From mlaurent@hanse.de Thu Aug 22 19:35:35 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Aug19.065035.5515@earthlink.net>, bkang@earthlink.net (Bill Kang) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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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From gsilva@utexas.edu Fri Aug 23 00:34:35 1996
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From: gsilva@utexas.edu (Graham Silva)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Aug20.215935.2476@purdue.edu>, hdubois@purdue.edu (Heather Dubois) writes:
> 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.

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

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