From lpetrov@ox.ac.uk Sun Sep 03 18:05:39 1995
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Subject: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.

The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.
You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

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

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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Sep03.180539.8902@ox.ac.uk>, lpetrov@ox.ac.uk (Lars Petrov) writes:
> Comparing the Western synth-pop arrangements with the Japanese singles released between 1984 and 1988.
> The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

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

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=== Lucia Okonkwo ===
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