From cmacdonald@delphi.com Thu Mar 21 19:43:47 1996
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From: cmacdonald@delphi.com (Callum MacDonald)
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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.

It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.
Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.

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

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From smoreno@earthlink.net Sat Mar 23 21:49:47 1996
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From: smoreno@earthlink.net (Sergei Moreno)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Mar21.194347.2068@delphi.com>, cmacdonald@delphi.com (Callum MacDonald) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.
> It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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.

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From nnovak@unam.mx Mon Mar 25 02:41:47 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Mar21.194347.2068@delphi.com>, cmacdonald@delphi.com (Callum MacDonald) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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From jsilva@mit.edu Tue Mar 26 08:04:47 1996
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From: jsilva@mit.edu (Julien Silva)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Mar25.024147.9821@unam.mx>, nnovak@unam.mx (Nadia Novak) writes:
> She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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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