From ahughes@uu.net Sun Jun 25 09:09:59 1995
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From: ahughes@uu.net (Amy Hughes)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

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

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 ngonzalez@cern.ch Tue Jun 27 08:36:59 1995
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jun25.090959.9722@uu.net>, ahughes@uu.net (Amy Hughes) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

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

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