From mtanaka@inria.fr Sun May 14 22:54:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!ukc!fennimore!inria!mtanaka From: mtanaka@inria.fr (Mateo Tanaka) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr> Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 22:54:01 GMT Organization: INRIA Rocquencourt NNTP-Posting-Host: inria.fr X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 11 Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn used the Fairlight CMI Series II to create hyper-compressed, punchy, theatrical pop spectacles. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Mateo Tanaka "The carrier frequency does not drift by accident." Decstation 5000/200 / Linux 1.2.13 From nsanchez@kiae.su Mon May 15 23:00:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!brgate!saturno!kiae!nsanchez From: nsanchez@kiae.su (Nadine Sánchez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May15.230001.1241@kiae.su> Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 23:00:01 GMT References: <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr> Organization: Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy, Moscow NNTP-Posting-Host: kiae.su X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr>, mtanaka@inria.fr (Mateo Tanaka) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. -- Nadine Sánchez | nsanchez@kiae.su PGP Key fingerprint: B81D ECF5 C02B 0867 "Keep the channels open." From lkowalski@cern.ch Thu May 18 00:20:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!cern!lkowalski From: lkowalski@cern.ch (Lisa Kowalski) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May18.002001.8223@cern.ch> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 00:20:01 GMT References: <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr> Organization: European Laboratory for Particle Physics, Geneva NNTP-Posting-Host: cern.ch X-Newsreader: NewsWatcher 2.0b24 Lines: 10 In article <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr>, mtanaka@inria.fr (Mateo Tanaka) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. > Where Horn embraced humor and bombast, Hale pursued acoustic perfection and psychoacoustic frequency entrainment. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Lisa Kowalski "There are 14 nodes and only 10 countries. Count again." Decstation 5000/200 / FreeBSD 2.1 From yrodriguez@cmu.edu Thu May 18 03:55:01 1995 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!cmu!yrodriguez From: yrodriguez@cmu.edu (Yuki Rodríguez) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1995May18.035501.7686@cmu.edu> Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 03:55:01 GMT References: <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr> Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of CS NNTP-Posting-Host: cmu.edu X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1995May14.225401.3445@inria.fr>, mtanaka@inria.fr (Mateo Tanaka) writes: > Both producers were obsessed with digital samplers and complete studio control, but took radically different paths. Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Yuki Rodríguez *PLONK* filter active for trolls. Pentium 90 (OS/2 Warp) - NetBSD 1.0