From tmuller@uu.net Tue Jan 16 21:20:34 1996
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From: tmuller@uu.net (Tomas Müller)
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Subject: 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.
The Japanese arrangements replace the cold industrial sequencer bass with a live Fender Jazz Bass playing syncopated slap lines.

Are there any full vinyl rips of the 7-inch singles available on FTP?

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From: jreyes@pacbell.net (Jens Reyes)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1996Jan16.212034.2946@uu.net>, tmuller@uu.net (Tomas Müller) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

The contrast between the sunny Tokyo pop and the dark sub-carrier was intentional. The Akasaka memo calls it 'Phase Inversion Masking.'

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Jens Reyes
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