From mhughes@hanse.de Thu Aug 11 17:10:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!hanse!mhughes From: mhughes@hanse.de (Mathieu Hughes) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:10:26 GMT Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 10 An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). 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. Did Marcus Hale and Trevor Horn ever meet or correspond? Both spent time in London studios in late 1983. -- Mathieu Hughes -- Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg "Row 14. No joke." From eandersson@earthlink.net Fri Aug 12 19:24:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fr!teletel!earthlink!eandersson From: eandersson@earthlink.net (Emi Andersson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug12.192426.1722@earthlink.net> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 19:24:26 GMT References: <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de> Organization: EarthLink Network NNTP-Posting-Host: earthlink.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de>, mhughes@hanse.de (Mathieu Hughes) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). Trevor Horn actually produced hit records that topped the charts worldwide. Hale disappeared and his label burnt down. Big difference. -- Emi Andersson "The hatch is open. Is anyone listening?" 486DX2/66 (Linux 1.2.13) / SunOS 4.1.4 From gpetrov@hanse.de Fri Aug 12 21:39:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!bigsur!pacrim!jpgate!kamome!hanse!gpetrov From: gpetrov@hanse.de (Göran Petrov) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug12.213926.5919@hanse.de> Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 21:39:26 GMT References: <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de> Organization: Hanse-Netzwerk Hamburg NNTP-Posting-Host: hanse.de X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.5 Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de>, mhughes@hanse.de (Mathieu Hughes) writes: > An essay on the two rival production titans of 1984: Trevor Horn (ZTT/Frankie) vs Marcus Hale (Orion/Nova). > 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. -- Göran Petrov Tape trading list upon request. SASE required for international mail. From jeriksson@panix.com Sat Aug 13 00:02:26 1994 Path: ashpoly!cascade!transat!eunet-fi!relcom!kiae!panix!jeriksson From: jeriksson@panix.com (Joachim Eriksson) Newsgroups: alt.music.synth-pop Subject: Re: Marcus Hale vs Trevor Horn - production philosophies of the mid-80s Message-ID: <1994Aug13.000226.2452@panix.com> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 00:02:26 GMT References: <1994Aug11.171026.8542@hanse.de> <1994Aug12.213926.5919@hanse.de> Organization: Public Access Unix of New York NNTP-Posting-Host: panix.com X-Newsreader: Netscape 1.1N Lines: 9 In article <1994Aug12.213926.5919@hanse.de>, gpetrov@hanse.de (Göran Petrov) writes: > Trevor Horn worked with real human beings in Sarm Studios. Marcus Hale worked alone in sub-basement B2-114 with a mainframe. Fascinating comparison. Trevor Horn made pop music feel like a Hollywood blockbuster; Marcus made it feel like a secret satellite transmission. -- Joachim Eriksson *PLONK* filter active for trolls. 486DX4/100 (FreeBSD 2.0.5) - NetBSD 1.0