From nsouza@titech.ac.jp Thu Oct 20 17:32:06 1994
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From: nsouza@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Souza)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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.

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 bmartinez@hanse.de Fri Oct 21 19:30:06 1994
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From: bmartinez@hanse.de (Bruno Martínez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Oct20.173206.5406@titech.ac.jp>, nsouza@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Souza) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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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From ysanchez@pipeline.com Sat Oct 22 13:26:06 1994
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From: ysanchez@pipeline.com (Yuki Sánchez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Oct20.173206.5406@titech.ac.jp>, nsouza@titech.ac.jp (Nadia Souza) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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

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