From bstewart@titech.ac.jp Thu Jun 08 19:20:33 1995
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From: bstewart@titech.ac.jp (Bastien Stewart)
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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.

You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.
It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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

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From plaurent@rwth-aachen.de Thu Jun 08 23:37:33 1995
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From: plaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Pavel Laurent)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jun08.192033.8993@titech.ac.jp>, bstewart@titech.ac.jp (Bastien Stewart) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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From trobertson@illinois.edu Fri Jun 09 12:31:33 1995
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jun08.233733.2228@rwth-aachen.de>, plaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Pavel Laurent) writes:
> She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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

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

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From isilva@cern.ch Sat Jun 10 17:49:33 1995
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jun08.233733.2228@rwth-aachen.de>, plaurent@rwth-aachen.de (Pavel Laurent) writes:
> She had three faces: the US Stadium Rebel, the European Live-Fidelity Broadcast icon, and the Tokyo Anime Idol.

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

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Ines Silva
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