From jivanov@pacbell.net Thu Aug 25 04:27:32 1994
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From: jivanov@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Ivanov)
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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.
It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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

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From ssato@pipeline.com Fri Aug 26 17:39:32 1994
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From: ssato@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sato)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Aug25.042732.6860@pacbell.net>, jivanov@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Ivanov) 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.

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

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=== Sun-mi Sato ===
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"There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again."

From akowalski@uu.net Sat Aug 27 09:14:32 1994
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From: akowalski@uu.net (Astrid Kowalski)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Aug26.173932.9933@pipeline.com>, ssato@pipeline.com (Sun-mi Sato) writes:
> The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

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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Astrid Kowalski -- UUNET Technologies, Falls Church VA
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From rmoreau@illinois.edu Sun Aug 28 15:52:32 1994
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From: rmoreau@illinois.edu (Raj Moreau)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Aug25.042732.6860@pacbell.net>, jivanov@pacbell.net (Ji-woo Ivanov) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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.

-- 
Raj Moreau -- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"The carrier frequency does not drift by accident."

From sramirez@titech.ac.jp Mon Aug 29 00:14:32 1994
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From: sramirez@titech.ac.jp (Sun-mi Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Aug27.091432.5481@uu.net>, akowalski@uu.net (Astrid Kowalski) writes:
> In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial.

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

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=== Sun-mi Ramírez ===
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