From npark@u-tokyo.ac.jp Mon Jan 08 20:32:18 1996
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From: npark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Nadia Park)
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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.

It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.
Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.

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

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From awatanabe@tum.de Wed Jan 10 19:36:18 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan08.203218.8709@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, npark@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Nadia Park) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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