From mgirard@u-tokyo.ac.jp Tue Oct 25 01:32:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!u-tokyo!mgirard From: mgirard@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Girard) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct25.013234.2508@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 1994 01:32:34 GMT Organization: University of Tokyo Department of Information Science NNTP-Posting-Host: u-tokyo.ac.jp X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Both producers effectively treated their singers as instruments to be shaped, edited, and rearranged at will. Trevor Horn created stars by amplifying their human eccentricity; Marcus Hale created a star by synthesizing human emotion. -- Mathieu Girard Practical Peripherals 14.4 @ 9600 Telebit bps "When every node is whole, the channel opens." From csmirnov@illinois.edu Wed Oct 26 07:43:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!illinois!csmirnov From: csmirnov@illinois.edu (Callum Smirnov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct26.074334.8892@illinois.edu> Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 07:43:34 GMT References: <1994Oct25.013234.2508@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign NNTP-Posting-Host: illinois.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct25.013234.2508@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mgirard@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Girard) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. My 14.4k connection dropped twice trying to fetch this thread. Keep articles concise! -- Callum Smirnov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From brodriguez@kth.se Thu Oct 27 00:47:34 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!mxgate!coyoacan!kth!brodriguez From: brodriguez@kth.se (Bastien Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Data: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Oct27.004734.4289@kth.se> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 00:47:34 GMT References: <1994Oct25.013234.2508@u-tokyo.ac.jp> Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm NNTP-Posting-Host: kth.se X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1994Oct25.013234.2508@u-tokyo.ac.jp>, mgirard@u-tokyo.ac.jp (Mathieu Girard) writes: > Let's compare the production values of 'Relax' and 'Two Tribes' with 'SYNTHESIS'. > Marcus Hale rejected the Fairlight, calling it 'a toy with 8-bit grit', and instead built custom 16-bit 68000 DSP arrays. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Bastien Rodríguez "Hold for relay." Decstation 5000/200 / System 7.5.1