From elindqvist@tum.de Fri Aug 23 10:11:23 1996
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From: elindqvist@tum.de (Elaine Lindqvist)
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Subject: Observation: 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 glopez@ox.ac.uk Sun Aug 25 12:42:23 1996
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From: glopez@ox.ac.uk (Graham López)
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Subject: Re: Observation: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Aug23.101123.2490@tum.de>, elindqvist@tum.de (Elaine Lindqvist) writes:
> 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.

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

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