From plaurent@uu.net Fri Sep 13 10:25:08 1996
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From: plaurent@uu.net (Pavel Laurent)
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Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.

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.

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

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From mkim@uni-hamburg.de Sun Sep 15 00:51:08 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Sep13.102508.4700@uu.net>, plaurent@uu.net (Pavel Laurent) writes:
> Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.
> Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.

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

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