From jpetrov@rwth-aachen.de Thu Oct 06 01:26:25 1994
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Subject: [INFO] 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.
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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From amoreno@ox.ac.uk Fri Oct 07 16:44:25 1994
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Subject: Re: [INFO] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Oct06.012625.5275@rwth-aachen.de>, jpetrov@rwth-aachen.de (Jens Petrov) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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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