From cgonzalez@uu.net Fri Jul 14 20:55:06 1995
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From: cgonzalez@uu.net (Callum González)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] 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.
You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

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

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From tnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp Sat Jul 15 05:29:06 1995
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From: tnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tomas Nilsson)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jul14.205506.3741@uu.net>, cgonzalez@uu.net (Callum González) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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.

Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin!

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From hvasiliev@cmu.edu Sat Jul 15 06:31:06 1995
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From: hvasiliev@cmu.edu (Hana Vasiliev)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jul15.052906.5305@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, tnilsson@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Tomas Nilsson) 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.
> Netscape 1.1 crashes when loading large preformatted text. Stick to rn or tin!

In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial.

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