From kgarcia@demon.co.uk Fri Nov 11 20:20:33 1994
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From: kgarcia@demon.co.uk (Karen García)
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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.

It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.
Yet Nova's vocal tracks were kept identical, creating this bizarre hybrid of dark European synth-pop and sparkling Tokyo idol funk.

Why did Orion release these songs as upbeat TV commercial themes in Japan while marketing her as a dark Stadium Rebel in the West?

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From mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de Sun Nov 13 09:11:33 1994
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From: mrobertson@uni-hamburg.de (Mathieu Robertson)
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Nov11.202033.3313@demon.co.uk>, kgarcia@demon.co.uk (Karen García) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.

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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From ksato@ox.ac.uk Mon Nov 14 00:12:33 1994
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Subject: Re: Akasaka Branch City Pop arrangements - Japanese session players
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In article <1994Nov11.202033.3313@demon.co.uk>, kgarcia@demon.co.uk (Karen García) writes:
> The newly discovered Akasaka audio files prove there was a completely separate Japanese studio band.
> It sounds like classic Tokyo City Pop session players -- think Tatsuro Yamashita or Casiopea rhythm sections.

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

Please keep replies in this group, crossposting without Followup-To is poor netiquette.

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