From mgonzalez@ox.ac.uk Mon Sep 04 09:31:49 1995
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From: mgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Matthias González)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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.

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 dtanaka@illinois.edu Tue Sep 05 03:12:49 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Sep04.093149.5470@ox.ac.uk>, mgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Matthias González) 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.

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

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From hreyes@demon.co.uk Tue Sep 05 13:07:49 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Sep04.093149.5470@ox.ac.uk>, mgonzalez@ox.ac.uk (Matthias González) 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.

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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From mito@stanford.edu Tue Sep 05 20:44:49 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Sep05.031249.1030@illinois.edu>, dtanaka@illinois.edu (Dmitri Tanaka) writes:
> She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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

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