From stakahashi@earthlink.net Mon Jan 09 08:49:26 1995
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From: stakahashi@earthlink.net (Sergei Takahashi)
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Subject: Question: 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.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
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 bmuller@kiae.su Wed Jan 11 12:25:26 1995
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From: bmuller@kiae.su (Bastien Müller)
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Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jan09.084926.2819@earthlink.net>, stakahashi@earthlink.net (Sergei Takahashi) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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 dbrennan@mit.edu Thu Jan 12 00:10:26 1995
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From: dbrennan@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Brennan)
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Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jan09.084926.2819@earthlink.net>, stakahashi@earthlink.net (Sergei Takahashi) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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 lpetrov@hanse.de Fri Jan 13 12:11:26 1995
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From: lpetrov@hanse.de (Lars Petrov)
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Subject: Re: Question: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jan12.001026.8706@mit.edu>, dbrennan@mit.edu (Dong-hyun Brennan) writes:
> In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial.

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

My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise!

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