From ebrennan@uu.net Fri May 13 18:43:37 1994
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From: ebrennan@uu.net (Emi Brennan)
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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.
The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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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=== Emi Brennan ===
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From svasiliev@delphi.com Sat May 14 02:10:37 1994
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994May13.184337.6306@uu.net>, ebrennan@uu.net (Emi Brennan) 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.

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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=== Seo-yeon Vasiliev ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Delphi Internet Services
"A soul is not exclusive to biology."