From tperez@mit.edu Sat Aug 10 11:05:07 1996
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Subject: Question: 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.

Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.
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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In article <1996Aug10.110507.7759@mit.edu>, tperez@mit.edu (Tomas Pérez) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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

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