From neriksson@stanford.edu Sat Nov 25 00:02:59 1995
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From: neriksson@stanford.edu (Nadia Eriksson)
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Subject: 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.

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

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Nadia Eriksson -- Stanford University Computer Systems Lab
"Tape doesn't lie at 02:14. Ears do."

From tvasiliev@kiae.su Sat Nov 25 19:35:59 1995
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In article <1995Nov25.000259.1216@stanford.edu>, neriksson@stanford.edu (Nadia Eriksson) writes:
> The musicianship on the Japanese singles (the 'Idol Protocol' releases) is mind-blowing.

Orion Japan was Node 02. The decoded line is: 'THE CARRIER WAS NOT WRITTEN FOR YOU.'

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=== Tomas Vasiliev ===
Dept of Electrical Engineering, Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow
"The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?"