From lsanchez@purdue.edu Mon Jun 26 06:13:41 1995
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From: lsanchez@purdue.edu (Lucia Sánchez)
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Subject: 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.
You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

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: lrobertson@earthlink.net (Lisa Robertson)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jun26.061341.4685@purdue.edu>, lsanchez@purdue.edu (Lucia Sánchez) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.'

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