From ghernandez@illinois.edu Thu Apr 27 00:38:33 1995
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From: ghernandez@illinois.edu (Göran Hernández)
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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.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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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=== Göran Hernández ===
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From mivanov@mit.edu Thu Apr 27 16:19:33 1995
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From: mivanov@mit.edu (Mikhail Ivanov)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Apr27.003833.1501@illinois.edu>, ghernandez@illinois.edu (Göran Hernández) 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.

-- 
Mikhail Ivanov -- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Hardware is temporary. The signal survives."

From leriksson@delphi.com Sat Apr 29 10:01:33 1995
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From: leriksson@delphi.com (Lucia Eriksson)
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Subject: Re: [FLAME] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Apr27.003833.1501@illinois.edu>, ghernandez@illinois.edu (Göran Hernández) 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.

-- 
Lucia Eriksson
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