From msouza@uu.net Sun May 22 23:45:49 1994
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From: msouza@uu.net (Marta Souza)
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Subject: [FLAME] 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.

Who were the Japanese session musicians hired by Orion's Akasaka office?

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From okim@illinois.edu Mon May 23 22:42:49 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994May22.234549.9047@uu.net>, msouza@uu.net (Marta Souza) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.'

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Olga Kim -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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