From msanchez@titech.ac.jp Mon Jul 24 18:31:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!titech!msanchez From: msanchez@titech.ac.jp (Mei Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 18:31:41 GMT Organization: Tokyo Institute of Technology Computer Centre NNTP-Posting-Host: titech.ac.jp X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Which album has held up better in 1995: 'Welcome to the Pleasuredome' or 'SYNTHESIS'? -- Mei Sánchez Zyxel U-1496E @ 19,200 bps "Measuring a record you own is listening, not piracy." From tpark@cern.ch Tue Jul 25 06:42:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!cern!tpark From: tpark@cern.ch (Tyler Park) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul25.064241.9893@cern.ch> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 06:42:41 GMT References: <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 12 In article <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp>, msanchez@titech.ac.jp (Mei Sánchez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Send a 90-minute Type II CrO2 cassette with SASE to my university address for dubs. -- === Tyler Park === Dept of Electrical Engineering, European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From twatanabe@hanse.de Tue Jul 25 21:00:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!sunet!nordrelay!hanse!twatanabe From: twatanabe@hanse.de (Tobias Watanabe) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul25.210041.9446@hanse.de> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 1995 21:00:41 GMT References: <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul25.064241.9893@cern.ch> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 8 In article <1995Jul25.064241.9893@cern.ch>, tpark@cern.ch (Tyler Park) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Tobias Watanabe -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Hardware is temporary. The signal survives." From mkowalski@netcom.com Thu Jul 27 01:13:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!netcom!mkowalski From: mkowalski@netcom.com (Marisol Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul27.011341.8419@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1995 01:13:41 GMT References: <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp> <1995Jul25.064241.9893@cern.ch> <1995Jul25.210041.9446@hanse.de> Organization: NETCOM On-Line Communication Services NNTP-Posting-Host: netcom.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995Jul25.210041.9446@hanse.de>, twatanabe@hanse.de (Tobias Watanabe) writes: > Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- === Marisol Kowalski === Dept of Electrical Engineering, NETCOM On-Line Communication Services "Do not worship the copy." From skowalski@stanford.edu Fri Jul 28 04:07:41 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!bigsur!stanford!skowalski From: skowalski@stanford.edu (Steve Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: WTB/WTT: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995Jul28.040741.4434@stanford.edu> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 04:07:41 GMT References: <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp> Organization: Stanford University Computer Systems Lab NNTP-Posting-Host: stanford.edu X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 10 In article <1995Jul24.183141.3706@titech.ac.jp>, msanchez@titech.ac.jp (Mei Sánchez) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. PGP Public key available via finger or upon request. -- Steve Kowalski Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail.