From rjohansson@mindspring.com Thu Jan 26 02:58:46 1995
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From: rjohansson@mindspring.com (Raj Johansson)
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Subject: [SPECULATION] 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.

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

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

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=== Raj Johansson ===
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From: blee@rwth-aachen.de (Bruno Lee)
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Subject: Re: [SPECULATION] Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1995Jan26.025846.2414@mindspring.com>, rjohansson@mindspring.com (Raj Johansson) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> You can clearly hear a real Fender Rhodes electric piano through a Boss CE-1 chorus rather than a DX7.

In Japan, Nova was marketed alongside Seiko Matsuda and Akina Nakamori! She even had an anime TV promo for a summer soda commercial.

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Bruno Lee
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