From asantos@tum.de Tue Oct 10 10:03:37 1995
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From: asantos@tum.de (Astrid Santos)
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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.

You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.
The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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 mmoreau@tum.de Wed Oct 11 01:54:37 1995
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From: mmoreau@tum.de (Min-jun Moreau)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Oct10.100337.7913@tum.de>, asantos@tum.de (Astrid Santos) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> 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 lreyes@stanford.edu Thu Oct 12 10:21:37 1995
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From: lreyes@stanford.edu (Lars Reyes)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 10:21:37 GMT
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In article <1995Oct11.015437.8697@tum.de>, mmoreau@tum.de (Min-jun Moreau) writes:
> In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial.

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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