From akowalski@cmu.edu Sun May 19 22:25:35 1996
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From: akowalski@cmu.edu (Amy Kowalski)
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Subject: Discussion: 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.

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 hlopez@pipeline.com Mon May 20 03:39:35 1996
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From: hlopez@pipeline.com (Heather López)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996May19.222535.5296@cmu.edu>, akowalski@cmu.edu (Amy Kowalski) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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

If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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From mgonzalez@kth.se Tue May 21 12:23:35 1996
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From: mgonzalez@kth.se (Mei González)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996May20.033935.4361@pipeline.com>, hlopez@pipeline.com (Heather López) writes:
> The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.'
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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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Mei González -- Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm
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From aito@berkeley.edu Tue May 21 21:32:35 1996
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From: aito@berkeley.edu (Anton Ito)
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Subject: Re: Discussion: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996May20.033935.4361@pipeline.com>, hlopez@pipeline.com (Heather López) writes:
> The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.'
> If you are posting from AOL, please read RFC 1036 before posting again.

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

Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs.

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