From sandersson@titech.ac.jp Tue Aug 16 14:42:04 1994
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From: sandersson@titech.ac.jp (Sergei Andersson)
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Subject: WTB/WTT: 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.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
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 tramirez@stanford.edu Thu Aug 18 16:40:04 1994
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From: tramirez@stanford.edu (Thiago Ramírez)
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Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Aug16.144204.4971@titech.ac.jp>, sandersson@titech.ac.jp (Sergei Andersson) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

That's the genius of the Akasaka singles. The music is smiling and sunny, but her lyrics are still about carrier waves and locked doors.

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