From bcampbell@delphi.com Mon Apr 15 04:50:59 1996
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From: bcampbell@delphi.com (Bruno Campbell)
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Subject: 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.

You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.
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 smartinez@tum.de Tue Apr 16 01:47:59 1996
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Apr15.045059.8147@delphi.com>, bcampbell@delphi.com (Bruno Campbell) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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

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From tchoi@unam.mx Wed Apr 17 08:25:59 1996
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From: tchoi@unam.mx (Thiago Choi)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Apr15.045059.8147@delphi.com>, bcampbell@delphi.com (Bruno Campbell) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

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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