From sokonkwo@tum.de Tue Nov 07 03:52:54 1995
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From: sokonkwo@tum.de (Sven Okonkwo)
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Subject: [INFO] 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.

You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.
The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP?

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From vsantos@mindspring.com Tue Nov 07 13:27:54 1995
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From: vsantos@mindspring.com (Valeria Santos)
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Nov07.035254.9033@tum.de>, sokonkwo@tum.de (Sven Okonkwo) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.
> You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

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

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From jpopov@netcom.com Wed Nov 08 13:04:54 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Nov07.132754.2458@mindspring.com>, vsantos@mindspring.com (Valeria Santos) writes:
> The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

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 gmuller@cam.ac.uk Fri Nov 10 12:13:54 1995
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Nov07.132754.2458@mindspring.com>, vsantos@mindspring.com (Valeria Santos) writes:
> The slap bass player on 'Midnight Animal' is almost certainly a studio legend like Kenji Takamizu.

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

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